Episode 243: The Perfect Fool - Holst

No one wants to be known as the perfect fool. In 1923 when Gustav Holst wrote an opera with that name, he gave rise to the same problem. "The Perfect Fool" wasn’t popular, and it makes you wonder why the composer, who has won the hearts of wind band fans with the 1st and 2nd Suites for Military Band at the top of the charts, would write an opera. Why go where Verdi and Wagner were the champions?

Capriccio
  Gustav Holst
  Philharmonia à Vent, John Boyd
Suite From "The Perfect Fool", Opus 39
  Gustav Holst
  US Marine Band, Colonel Michael Colburn
Marching Song
  Gustav Holst
  North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Japanese Suite, Opus 33
  Gustav Holst
  Philharmonia à Vent, John Boyd
First Suite in E-Flat
  Gustav Holst
  US Air Force Band, Lowell Graham
Somerset Rhapsody
  Gustav Holst
  North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon