EssayThe Hymn of Jesus: Holst’s Gnostic Exploration of Time and SpaceBy Raymond HeadGustav Holst’s The Hymn of Jesus (written in August 1917) has always been one of his most widely performed works. Its first performance in London in 1920 was an outstanding success; Ralph Vaughan Williams, the dedicatee, said he just ‘wanted to get up and embrace everyone and then get drunk’. Yet perhaps it is taken […]Read Entry →
