Just came across Gustav Holst's The Planets, thanks to BBC Proms.

https://youtu.be/e5ZgaNNDptM

Somehow The Planets is rather unknown in Germany. But seemingly Holst's works were the inspiration for many modern day movie composers.

Fascinating.

#bbcproms #gustavholst #theplanets

Quite a few years late on this one, but I started watching The Planets recently. Enjoying it a lot!

#ThePlanets #Documentary

BBC Proms 2025: The Planets and Star Wars at the Proms

 #StarWars #FanthaTracks #BBCproms #theplanets

Hear The Planets and Star Wars at the Proms, from the Royal Albert Hall.

Read the whole story at the below link:

https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/conventions-events/bbc-proms-2025-the-planets-and-star-wars-at-the-proms/?fsp_sid=40438

Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

I listened to a Proms performance of Gustav Holst’s The Planets the other night. It’s a piece I’ve heard dozens of times, but it was definitely the first time that I felt the most resonance with the Fifth movement, “Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age“. According to Wikipedia, this was Holst’s favourite section. It comprises three parts, “a slow processional which rises to a frightening climax before fading away as if into the outer reaches of space”. The central part has a touch of Charles Ives about it, I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHX6VXQUJM4

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Musical Interlude: Listened to an old favorite today, Holst's "The Planets." A fun work, based on astrology, not astronomy, but fun with its musical variations. (Holst himself came to resent it, as it was eclipsing his other works.) This piece is a favorite of mine; it perfectly reflects a D&D character I used to play, a bumbling, self-important warlock named Nox.

"Uranus, the Magician," composed by Gustav Holst, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Susanna Mälkki.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUyVFKA1MaU

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