Word: holst
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cause for alarm Friday night at Symphony Hall disappeared as soon as a top balcony listener stood up, cupped his hands, and shouted for "Wintergreen." The Band had started off in a rather unpromising fashion, with a Suite by Holst and a piece by Vaughn Williams that seemed to suit the concert hall more than it did the players. But the call for "Wintergreen" showed that the audience still had faith in the Red Coats, and thought better of Stadium music than of symphony-type arrangements...
...Toccata Marziala," by Williams, "Suite for Band in E Flat," by Holst, and "Commando March," by Barber fill out the first section of the program...
...Band. To do long-hair (and that portion of the program was not limited to Bach) in such fine style, however, is a feather in the car of any military band. Perhaps the best of these "straight" numbers was the Suite in E Flat for Military Band, by Gustav Holst, which was played with finesse and showed off to best advantage the Band's excellent brass sonority, as well as the adeptness of its wind section in soft passages. One part of the "Intermezzo" reminded this listener of that hideous monstrosity, the Khatchatourian "Sabre Dance," but after the initial shock...
...records, although circulation of them must still remain very limited. At its Wednesday night rehearsal, the group transcribed the recent "Radcliffiana" medley, which is to be sold at the Annex with the 'Cliffe Choral Society on the illpover. Prokofiev's March from Opus 99 and Holst's "Suite for Band" will also be printed, but only for private distribution to members...
Departures from the strictly local fare were satisfying; Holst's "Suite for Band" gave Holmes a chance to show the individual excellence of his players, as tubas, trombones, trumpets and horns in turn carried the theme of the first movement, while the sole trumpet of Robert Hermann stood out brilliantly in the restrained Intermezzo which gave way to full volume and brilliance for the final March. Hermann showed his excellent tone and tongue control in threading his way through the delicate phrasing of Morton Gould's "Pavanne...