1-3 First Suite in E flat for Military Band Op.28 No.1

Chaconne
Intermezzo
March

4 I Was Glad
5 Hammersmith, Op. 52
6 Te Deum in B flat
7-10 Second Suite in F for Military Band Op. 28 No.2

March
Song Without Words
Song of the Blacksmith
Fantasia on the Dargason

11 Turn Back, O man
12-14 English Folk Song Suite

March - "Seventeen come Sunday"
Intermezzo - "My Bonny Boy"
March - "Folk Songs from Somerset"

15 Jupiter from The Planets Suite, Op.32

The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth under the direction of the Principal Director of Music Lt Col Nick Grace RM and the Chichester Cathedral Choir directed by Sarah Baldock perform some of Holst's greatest compositions. Recorded in Chichester Cathedral during October 2009. This recording is a representation of the concert performed in Chichester Cathedral on the occassion of the 75th anniversary of Holst's death, during which a new memorial to him, called Music of the Spheres, was unveiled.

New arrangements of Turn Back, O man and Te Deum in B flat are also premièred on this superb recording. When played on BBC Radio 3 the presenter commented "What a fantastic sound". A must for all Royal Marines Bands and Holst fans' collections

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