Round 1: Tossup 18

One movement of this piece opens with the fortissimo motif [read slowly] “G, E-flat, up to A, down to B” played by the brass, a cryptogram of alternate letters of the composer’s name. In 2000, Colin Matthews composed an addition to this piece subtitled “the Renewer.” The first movement of this piece begins with strings playing a 5/4 (“five-four”) col legno (“LAIN-yo”) ostinato with brass fanfare. The folk tune “Thaxted” was (10[1])excerpted from this piece of music, which eventually became the basis for the hymn “I Vow to Thee, My Country.” Two movements of this piece are subtitled “the Bringer of Jollity” and (10[1])“the Bringer of War.” For 10 points, (10[1])name this suite by Gustav Holst depicting the celestial bodies of the (10[1])Solar System. ■END■

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