Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity. Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra.

Recording of the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra. A Composition by Gustav Holst. Jupiter from the Suite "The Planets"

[@paigeconner4227]

I love how half of the comments are "Such beautiful piece not boring at all!" and then there's the people "THIS IS TORTURE"

[@johnw4727]

As a French Horn player...I LOVED playing this.

[@jacobshort170]

The latter are either pianists or woodwinds who had to play that one beginning part, me being the former. I agree with both sides. I am the fence many sit on.

[@sparkle1princess]

That unresolved suspended 4th at 5:04 kills me.

[@tacocat9916]

it does hurt, but I think it sets up the next section quite nicely.

[@jimmydarrow6671]

This song gives me the weirdest feeling. Never have I played Jupiter before, but I still feel nostalgia for the first time I listened to the song and the extreme joy that accompanied it.

[@btrain213]

Well then Jupiter did it’s job as the Bringer Of Jollity!

[@singer2477]

THE HORNS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, I'M SO HAPPY! The soli part at 3:05 just makes me grin!

[@TheDeathpunchies]

In the score it is horns and trombones..... such a beautiful mix.

[@TheJamesinator102]

I agree. As a tuba player I'm jelly. At least I have the melody at the beginning lol. Awesome song.

[@loddicc]

Makes me tear up!

[@SipsNumberOneFan]

Kayley Wartman I feel like it would jave sounded even more beautiful if the trombones and/or baritones had the clarinet part. Idk why but I really love the sound of the trombone and the horn playing together

[@morganforry5022]

The orchestral version of 3:05 in this piece is just as beautiful. But I must say, band kids, you're doing it right.

[@bensexton7350]

Morgan Forry they are professionals too

[@matheoantoniobotello5146]

if done correctly, the combination of colors can make it sound like actual strings

[@AnnekeOosterink]

"Band kids"? This is a professional orchestra that is considered one of the best.

[@danneharvey2600]

Okay everybody’s talking about 3:04 but you gotta appreciate the beauty of 7:33. The looming and giant bass and low brass with the fluttering high woodwinds and strings. It’s heavenly, honestly.

[@deniscarranza4143]

Yes! That is my favorite section of the movement, second being 3:04.

[@aaronalexander6691]

A wind orchestra provides the opportunity for listeners to hear a different palate of sounds than that of other performing ensembles. I particularly enjoy listening to a variety of ensembles, so I find this arrangement fantastic as well as the original orchestral piece.

[@joelneo0303]

It's tokyo kosei, not disappointed at all!

[@eddi7228]

We played this song and as a French horn player i freaking LOVED it

[@johnw4727]

Same here!!! Just Sooooooo much fun.

[@joonyah8904]

Bro same

[@edisonhao229]

listening to calm myself before my physics exam in 37 minutes.

[@Kass686]

3:05 is one of my fav parts in wind band history!

[@larryjohnson450]

Many thanks to Gustav Holst for the many wonderful compositions you made during your lifetime including of course "The Planets" Suite! Thanks again to the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra for the masterful rendering of this superb composition! Thank you Pablo Leal for sharing this composition, it is greatly appreciated!

[@braddavis4276]

I Played The FRENCH HORN 🎼🎺🎷🥁And Playing This GREAT PEACE OF MUSIC was The BEST EVER !

[@iKryptox]

3:04 makes me cry every time. This peice is so loved and heartfelt. Most beautiful piece ever written.

[@superman-qc7eq]

3:04 is my personal favorite

[@wyattwahlgren8883]

It's everyone's personal favorite.

[@oliviapetrowski4553]

That part is called the chorale. We played it in band class. It’s one of my band director’s favorite songs, so it makes it that much better

[@CapriceBozza80]

For those who are curious, the name of the arranger is Merlin Patterson. He's a Texas music arranger who has written a lot of wind ensemble transcriptions of orchestral pieces. Check out his website, his transcriptions are fantastic.

[@45step54]

I played this on clarinet, but it's so much more fun to listen to than play :P

[@woopersaurusrex]

I love 3:05! its so pretty. My band director asked me to play the clarinet part to the slow part and it was amazing!!

[@corabrewster2527]

3:05 to 5:06 is played in movies all the time.

[@ChamNguyen-mq5yt]

Yes, I was looking for it for so longggg. It was played too short in the drama :((((

[@kallamoon]

Alto clarinetist my senior year in HS and we did this - this brings so many memories back and it was such a beautiful piece to be a part of.

[@adameverton6710]

Absolutely astonishing! Such a beutiful piece!

[@christopherflores95]

This song is absolutely astounding. I'm definitely in love with the movements of the planets.

[@annharden3349]

Everyone says you haven't been welcomed into the music society until you've played this but my sis' band played part of this in their marching show

[@user-lo1ih1dj2l]

Up感謝です！

[@medicinehatconcertbandsoci3677]

Fantastic

[@makaylaschultz2030]

We played this for graduation for our seniors and it sounded beautiful. I love this song so much!❤️

[@sammykillsdudes15]

+Makayla Schultz Did you have 2 timpanists for the piece?

[@torrentXofXdarkness]

im crying this is beautiful

[@lachieevertbelfield1502]

best song for me - probably all time fave

[@mariegremmelprez2203]

J'adore!!!!!

[@MsIdiotGirlofJapan]

One of my favorite pieces to play at school fit now :)

[@notestarlord]

Takes me back to high school junior year when our Wind Ensemble played this, it was so moving. Makes me wish I was back in high school

[@_alicia__]

LMAO yeah, I remember playing it with Johnson's band in Philly with y'all in my freshman year. Good times. Can't believe I only have this one year left :/

[@mehirohouseki]

I love jupiter and it is definitely my favorite

[@alexg-cl6ef]

how did i not know about this until now

[@ralyks._rgw]

The horn part is sooooo fun

[@your_local_hapa]

Played this last year for my high school (performing and visual arts) fall concert and let me tell you...this piece shook the whole theatre.

[@abtwitch2143]

My school's alma mater is the slow middle section. So... Majestic. We have an amazing arrangement.

[@khristianogao9851]

3:05 is beautiful

[@arief5681]

its totally awesome especially to WOODWIND :)

[@hoezie46]

I know what you mean. I played it with my band a few years ago. I really enjoyed it and now I even have it as a solo part for trumpet.

[@theophilus5752]

I played the ballad portion in a brass quartet consistent of the school's principal musicians at my best friend's funeral; I listen to the Tokyo Kosei wind orchestra playing it, and I feel like I did neither my friend nor the music justice.

[@arief5681]

just love the woodwind sound at 5:15 until 5:25

[@em4957]

lord and savior Jesus Christ please save me... Ninth grade clarinet player right here... the beginning is actually a form of torture that kills my embouchure... And my self confidence... (Why did I put so many periods after each sentence?? Lol)

[@somebandkid1859]

plasticanimalcrackers SAME!???

[@em4957]

lol I quit band two years ago bc it was conflicting with the schedules of other activities I'm involved in. I listen to some of my old band pieces while studying and I just came across this old comment of mine haha

[@nickyg7726]

nonononononoononononononoon band is great no matter what

[@Royyia]

I love that horn part at 1:44

[@fudgemuffins27]

About 3:03 - 5:10 or so. I could listen to that theme all day long :)

[@XProcks2001]

My director just found this piece...I looked at the euphonium part. 0.0

[@SuperMonaLisaBros]

Bass Clarinet part... It's MURDER on the embouchure!

[@kallamoon]

Alto clarinet was no picnic, either. I couldn't feel my tongue for WEEKS.

[@CapriceBozza80]

Wind orchestras, wind ensembles, concert bands, etc. offer listeners a different combination of tonal colors than what you would hear in an orchestra. Wind ensembles have saxophones and euphoniums, plus different distributions of orchestral wind instruments. For example, most symphony orchestras have 3 or 4 soprano clarinets, while most wind ensembles have at least 8 or 9 (and sometimes more depending on the overall size of the group).

[@tiagobrandao6588]

The beginning is way so slow, but I know its really hard to it on the woodwinds

[@Dusclops4009]

i concur

[@briantan6927]

3:05 I BOW TO THEE THY COUNTRY ALL EARTHLY THINGS ABOOVE

[@larryjohnson450]

Adrian Leaper is of course an Internationally famous conductor for many great orchestras!

[@joshs892]

3:04 is the best

[@larryjohnson450]

Thanks also to Adrian Leaper for your work!

[@tonybarde2572]

3:05: I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test That lays upon the altar, the dearest and the best The love that never falters, the love that pays the price The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice And there's another country, I've heard of long ago Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know We may not count her armies, we may not see her king Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering And soul by soul, and silently her shining bounds increase And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace

[@napoleonbonaparteO]

composed exactly in 1914, but played after the war in 1918 for the first time... Because the ''planets'' require a consequent philarmonic orchestra... about 90 musicians (without choir). And for the first concert in London, The musicians have seen scores just few hours before

[@puffandtwinke]

@42JohnnySmith Hah I got so excited.. then whole notes. xD Have fun!

[@HenryMidfields]

I wonder who is the arranger for this? It sounds very faithful to the orchestral original. Especially nice interpretation of the original strings part. :D

[@karaterose]

4:43 *sobs*

[@falaqdad15]

That 3/4 mixolydian part

[@Wouter10123]

Does anyone know which arrangement this is? I want it!

[@stangota5187]

That moment when I hear "I vow to thee my country" in 3.05

[@thebigchip1711]

You do that it is the same song right?

[@stangota5187]

Yeah. I just know it 2 week after I comment.

[@pe003]

I hope they changed the euphonium part from the orchestral version, that would be cruel. "we have arranged it for wind orchestra, Euphoniums you have the same three notes you had in the original" Euphoniums "WHHHHHHHYY!!!"

[@aliabu8676]

eiji oue jupiter the best conductor ever.............

[@user-hr9rg9tk7n]

MBC 80's News Music?

[@jerrymejias5940]

Merlin Patterson’s version?

[@benjamingerrard8294]

Is this the James Curnow transcription? It does not sound exactly like the Merlin Patterson.

[@jessedaniel3892]

Where was this sheet music purchased?

[@GamingSol]

Williams was 2 when Holst died. And no, Williams didn't steal it. The Planets is probably the basis of all modern and sub modern classical music styles, from Aggressiveness (Mars) to, surprise, Jollity (Jupiter)

[@SipsNumberOneFan]

I feel like the chorale should be (at least part of it) the low brass show. I feel like it would sound so beautiful if you had a deep, well blended sound as opposed to it being the clarient show with back-up singers

[@carringtonpilon1310]

I was on 3rd clarinet when I first played that and can testify that as pretty as the clarinets were, I'd shiver with pleasure when the low harmonies were balanced just right. To me, its the harmonies that make that section so captivating.

[@xMioAkiyama]

Jupiter! Planet of my star sign (:

[@wyattbranham6673]

Do i hear marimbas at 3:06?

[@schylarker]

waoh you are right! it really achieves the goal!

[@aysarmarzuqi]

I thought it was vibraphone actually.....

[@Fitzibutzi]

There is a lot of vibraphone in this pieces but there it's a marimbaphone I got the part black on white.

[@braydendiaz6799]

Fitzibutzi we didnt have any vibes on any of the song. they thought it sounded to dark

[@jacob55386]

Who is the arranger for the version used in this particular recording?

[@CanvaMania]

Hello, Who is arr. this piece Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity?

[@wyattbranham6673]

This is a movement from the Planets Suite in E flat by gustav holst

[@CanvaMania]

Yes, i know. Who is arranged this piese for concert band :)

[@em4957]

+Indrė Maroščikienė the arrangement I'm playing in my band right now was arranged by Merlin Patterson. It sounds pretty much like this one so I think it's the same arrangement

[@chimaliapansinfonicadealie2391]

@@em4957 send me this arrengent, please [e-mail]

[@udienowisay]

yes, the theme for catherine is based heavily off this song.

[@roxanneobikwu1034]

is it just me or does anyone else hear the crazy background figures at 1:55

[@archiestanton2767]

What's the name of the famous English piece in 3/4, that starts at 3:04? Does it even have a name? It's so British.

[@ashtonlatour2071]

The piece at this part is "I Vow to Thee, my Country", a British patriotic song.

[@Daniel-hx1yu]

I think the reason that this piece was composed for wind rather than symphonic is because flutes and clarinets have more of an "airy" and fuller sound and so the sound feels more free and open as if you were flying through outer space

[@johnries5593]

The Planets is an orchestral work, but Holst also wrote band arrangements of Mars and Jupiter. I've played the former, but not this one (but I have also performed The Planets twice).

[@oliverdiamond6594]

a tonic chord at 5:08 would have been epic

[@AlexClassical]

All Planets arrangements are made by Merlin Patterson.

[@yuantham7643]

I am bass trombone and I cannot reach high G. Rly unhappy. Or else I can play the whole melody through euphonium.

[@vedpatil2353]

I play reg straight tb and I can't even hit high F cause my technique is ass

[@mpt98765]

No top comment...let me have a go... THIS PIECE IS MY FAVOURITE PIECE AMONG THE SEVEN MOVEMENTS OF THE PLANETS!!!!!!

[@tomatochan1]

who else plays Catherine here? IT'S THE THEME. OMG.

[@DarkHearts4]

They say I'm crazy for loving classical music. I show them Gustav Holst and Vivaldi. They faint.

[@natheniel]

And slowly you will love many more else.

[@DarkHearts4]

I recently love baroque music, not even sure why.

[@guyvascm]

Dark Hearts look at Mahler, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Mussorsky

[@DarkHearts4]

Tchaikovsky's my man. I'm playing an arrangement of his 6th symphony in my high school's wind ensemble. It's an absolutely amazing piece and one of my favorites from the program.

[@adpbjorn]

Who made this arrangement?

[@fortepiano4491]

Merlin patterson

[@adpbjorn]

@@fortepiano4491 thanks :)

[@johnries5593]

I believe it was Holst himself.

[@abtwitch2143]

I think the term is borrowed ;)

[@mcwolfgang3866]

If you speed it up a bit it's better

[@addisonwillis46]

MCWolfGang Not if you’re the one playing it lol

[@kamikazegypsy]

Also williams didn't write pirates of the carribbean...

[@JFroTheMusician]

Haha, not exactly ages ago. It was composed only about a 100 years back. And I can assure you, its not classical. I doubt we knew about Neptune in the 1700's. It's quasi mix of up and coming 20th century and romanticism.

[@Stephasilva]

3:05 to 5:04 is what our band played. only that piece because it was either too hard or too long..

[@shun1744]

why does this sound slow to me

[@toyman9642]

Michah...you're wrong!

[@manfredatee]

Castle in the Sky, anyone?

[@BrianRobertsfan]

I love Jupiter but Uranus is still my favorite (no sexual pun intended.)

[@effrayante.e]

I play flute. I want to die.

[@drfarrin]

in the original version, it's a little more fun...especially in mm 393-394

[@somebandkid1859]

12 people have no ears

[@Temulgeh]

or are clarinettists

[@MrJbee1982]

yikes, it almost fell apart in the beginning. what a mess....cant blame them, its hard af

[@greatdragonfan7]

You guys, musicians play off of other works ALL THE TIME. John Williams didn't "rip off" anything. So calm your pants and read about musical history. Sheesh.

[@puffandtwinke]

@42JohnnySmith Boring.

[@IlucuthenEmpire]

Nice joke!