Terzetto for flute, oboe & viola (or clarinet)

Gustav Holst was born in Cheltenham (England) in 1874. He began composing while at Cheltenham Grammar School and spent two months at Oxford learning counterpoint before being sent to London to study composition under Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music.
In the autumn of 1895 Gustav met Ralph Vaughan Williams for the first time. It was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. They were known to often play new compositions to each other.
Gustav Holst's Terzetto is practically the only chamber music Holst composed. It is notable for its simultaneous presentation of three different keys. The work consists of two short movements, the first lyrical and the second in the manner of a scherzo.
It was written in 1925 but not much performed for a long time.