As well as being the composer of that Last Night favourite, 'Jerusalem', Hubert Parry (died 1918) was in many ways the father of contemporary English music, teaching both Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst.

Parry’s Fifth Symphony was composed for the centenary of the Royal Philharmonic Society and was performed at the Queen’s Hall on 5 December 1912 with the composer conducting. Each of the movements is given short monosyllabic titles- ‘Stress’, ‘Love’, ‘Play’ and ‘Now’. The symphony has a philosophical program. It represents the progress of a human soul. Show less