Gustav Holst: Christ Hath A Garden

Best known for his exemplary, exuberant orchestral work The Planets, Gustav Holst's diverse gamut also included hymns, pastoral songs and folk music. He and the poet Robert Bridges became great friends over time, their friendship blossoming after Holst sought copyright of one of Bridges' works in May 1925.

This is a terrific hymn set to a poem of Bridges' typical of the combined workings of these two great English artists, and has been edited here for SATB mixed choir and organ pedals by Alan Gibbs.