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Procession on "Thaxted" (2012) Brass Quintet

         for the students of St. Paul's School

Gustav Holst, arr. waf


This hymn inhabits a large space in the life of the Chapel, including a special third verse written by my friend and Dean of the Chapel, Michael Spencer. This arrangement was written to accompany the sixth form as they process into their graduation ceremony, which happened only once, due to alumni complaining that the old chestnut “Pomp and Circumstance” had been replaced…