Each movement describes in music the character of a planet ... But although astrology was Holst's starting point, he arranged the planets to suit his own musical plan.

Gustav Holst’s The Planets (1914–16 ... signalled by clattering tubular bells. The music dies down and the mood changes again with a fragile combination of extremes: gentle double basses ...

Music ran in Holst's family and so it wasn't a surprise ... His biggest success came with his Planets Suite - a set of pieces for orchestra that describes the character of each planet.

The Grant Park Music Festival on Tuesday announced its 2025 season, the first under new artistic director and principal ...

“It’s an inevitable comparison—and I am inspired and influenced by Holst's music—but not specifically The Planets,” said Dexter in an interview. “But I'm inspired by many composers ...

Holst’s The Planets with Prof Brian Cox - Live from the ... He retreated to his sound-proofed music room at St. Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith, where he taught, and his country cottage ...

A look at the place mars has within modern culture, particularly music, and a study of the science behind Mars' atmosphere and how music would sound there.

The Planets, written between 1914 and 1916 ... a grey isolation’. Holst himself, summing it all up, pinpointed ‘Four chief reasons for gratitude... Music, the Cotswolds, RVW [Vaughan Williams] and ...

Gustav Holst’s The Planets (1914–16 ... signalled by clattering tubular bells. The music dies down and the mood changes again with a fragile combination of extremes: gentle double basses ...