At a time when the UK is gripped by turbulent times British composer Michael Brand has taken themes from Holst’s Jupiter from his ‘Planets’ Suite (including the patriotic ‘I vow to thee my Country’) and created a new musical context for them. Rhythmic and at times barbaric, sometimes oddly bitonal yet also reassuringly hymn–like, this work reflects the contemporary mood of a disturbed nation – and perhaps a disorientated world.
