One hundred years ago, a symphonic blockbuster was born in London. The Planets, by Gustav Holst, premiered on this date in 1918. The seven-movement suite, depicting planets from our solar system, has ...

‘The Planets,” the 2018 work which propelled English composer Gustav Holst to “rock star” status, has been a powerful influence on music of all genres ever since — and film composer John Williams in ...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — WHEN THE BROOKLYN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PLANNED ITS IMMERSIVE PERFORMANCE OF composer Gustav Holst’s “The Planets,” the mysterious cosmos also arranged a great alignment of the heavenly ...

Stunning HD images from decades of NASA exploration accompany Holst’s celestial orchestral suite, The Planets. Paired with a love song to the beauties of bird and sky, Vaughan Williams’ The Lark ...

Neptune is a whisper of wind that fades over several shimmering minutes until nothing remains but receding voices singing no words at all. The composer wanted the women’s choir situated off stage, “in ...

When I texted my trombone-major boyfriend to ask if he wanted to go see the Seattle Symphony perform Gustav Holst’s The Planets: An HD Odyssey with me this weekend, I received this enthusiastic, if ...

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One hundred years ago, a symphonic blockbuster was born in London. The Planets, by Gustav Holst, premiered on this date in 1918. The seven-movement suite, depicting planets from our solar system, has ...