GUSTAV HOLST

The Cloud Messenger, Op. 30

43:10

Text from Kalidasa, translated by Holst

for contralto solo, chorus and orchestra

1

Adagio - Moderato maestoso

08:16

'O thou, who com'st from heaven's king'

2

Allegro

06:51

'Tarry not, O Cloud, tarry not. Rushing northward through the sky thou seemest a

mountain peak…'

3

Andante

04:48

Contralto solo: 'Tarry not, O Cloud, tarry not'

4

Moderato maestoso, senza accelerando

10:45

Chorus (bassi): 'Tarry not, O Cloud. Bow thy head.'

5

Adagio - Moderato

12:30

Chorus: 'When the dancers are weary, and the minstrels sink

down to slumber'

The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37

22:25

Text chosen and translated by Holst from the Apocryphal Acts of St John

for chorus, semi-chorus and orchestra

6

Prelude - Senza misura - Lento

05:45

7

The Hymn - Moderato maestoso

16:40

Della Jones contralto

Richard Hickox

4,5 & 9 June 1990