What is a moorside?
What is a moorside?
Gustav Holst’s A Moorside Suite is the composer’s only work for brass band. Commissioned by the BBC and the National Brass Band Festival Committee in 1927, A Moorside Suite was used for the final of the 1928 National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, which was held at Crystal Palace that year.
Who wrote A Moorside Suite?
Gustav Holst
A Moorside Suite/Composers
A Moorside Suite (H. 173) is a work for brass band by the English composer Gustav Holst. It was commissioned by the BBC and the National Brass Band Festival Committee in 1927 for the final of the 1928 National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain at Crystal Palace.
How old is Holst?
59 years (1874–1934)
Gustav Holst/Age at death
What nationality is Gustav Holst?
British
English
Gustav Holst/Nationality
How long is the Planets Suite?
It is the shortest of the seven movements, typically taking between 3½ and 4 minutes in performance.
What instruments was the planets originally written for?
At the beginning, flutes, bassoons and harps play a theme suggesting a ticking clock. A solemn melody is introduced by the trombones (Holst’s own main instrument) and taken up by the full orchestra.
Who are the actors in the TV series The Moorside?
Official page at BBC Programmes. The Moorside is a 2017 two-part British television drama. Written by Neil McKay and directed by Paul Whittington, it stars Sheridan Smith, Gemma Whelan, Sian Brooke and Siobhan Finneran and was broadcast on BBC One in two one-hour episodes in February 2017.
Is the Moorside based on a true story?
The drama is based on the 2008 disappearance of 9-year-old Shannon Matthews and the successful search for her by police and volunteers in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, along with the revelation of mother Karen’s involvement in Shannon’s kidnapping. The title is in reference to the Moorside housing estate in Dewsbury, where the Matthews family lived.
Who was the poster girl for the Moorside estate?
With her chaotic taxpayer-funded life, and her seven children by five fathers, Karen was duly turned into a sort of anti-poster girl for the tabloids. The Moorside [housing estate] itself became a symbol, including for David Cameron, of ‘our broken society'”.
What did Karen and Donovan do in the Moorside?
Karen and Donovan are found guilty of the kidnapping and false imprisonment of Shannon and perverting the course of justice, and are sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. After Karen is sent to prison, Natalie moves out of the Moorside estate, having split from her husband.