Cheerful music by the British composer, Gustav Holst. It was written for a string orchestra, but works well for woodwinds. Holst liked to throw the melody around to all the parts, so everyone gets to shine. The music is not difficult, however I would suggest advanced intermediate due to some challenging key changes. There are 3 movements (Prelude, Air, and Dance) and the sound sample has a short section of each. The entire piece runs about 7 minutes.

Ange Fl�gier was a French composer and painter who was born on February 25, 1846 at Marseille et died on Octobre 8, 1927 in Martigues. Fl�gier is principally known as havng composed the famous song for bass and orchestra ?Le Cor?, but he also wronte more than 300 works for piano, (including a concerto), many songs, an op�ra-comique ?Fatima, the oratoria Ossian and many chamber works, including the first ?dixtuor? for wind quintet and string quintet.