This String Trio is technically quite accessible for competent players. It's a very early work by Holst who is best known for 'The Planets'. It was written while he was still a student but it is nevertheless a mature piece worthy of a place in the String Trio repertoire. Gustav Holst was born in Cheltenham in 1874 and died in 1934.

Jupiter’s Theme is probably the best known of melodies from the Gustav Holst epic orchestral work The Planets. This arrangement for string quartet will bring a feel of patriotism to any concert as it is also the melody to ‘I Vow To Thee My Country’.