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 Planets, written between 1914 and 1916 ... described how ‘he sank into a cold region of utter despair...a grey isolation’. Holst himself, summing it all up, pinpointed ‘Four chief reasons for ...

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.

which include The Planets and, subsequently, Thaxted - the piece composed for Jupiter - to which the words of I Vow to Thee, My Country were later put. Mr Lima said he came across Holst's music ...

“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 ...