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5. Tempos in Mars and Jupiter are significantly slower than with Holst or Coates, imbuing these movements with a deeper sense of drama (albeit at the expense of driven resolve) and in doing so elevates them yet further above the realm of standard program music. Saying this though he was said to have a soft spot for his favourite movement, Saturn. In the interim, Holst himself conducted just Venus, Mercury and Jupiter in April 1919 at Queen's Hall and Henry Wood led the same movements that December, setting a precedent that would be followed for several years until the full orchestral score was published in late 1921. Isao Tomita was a Japanese pioneer who sought to move electronic music beyond imitations of conventional instruments by applying a full range of sound that he envisioned as comparable to a painter's palette. The full orchestra winds up "in a bubbling cauldron of sound" (Crankshaw) only to vanish with a massive pained tutti chord as "a sudden deflated collapse into a dismal heap of nothingness" (James). While I'm not a fan of his desiccation of the Romantics, I do value the effectiveness of his approach to the impressionists and Viennese moderns, which also works here, where the clarity of execution, crisp accents and meticulous control of dynamics create a striking sense of atmosphere in the slow movements, matched by Decca's gloriously crisp and detailed ffrr recording that highlights some unusual sonorities, including the bass oboe in the opening and husky bells in the climax of Saturn. Egdon Heath Op.47 : I Adagio - Poco Allegro - Andante maestoso. Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian. It seems the inspiration for this movement is taken from Roman mythology, with the Roman God, Mercury wearing wings on his shoes so he can move around quickly and get messages to people in good time. 4 - Jupiter (The Bringer Of Jollity) A: Part 1: B: Part 2: Ad. Holst's love of English folk song and dance is readily demonstrated here. Jupiter (Bringer of Jollity) pour orchestre symphonique. That's why I worried at Sanskrit."