[ad_1] WWhen Gustav Holst wrote his sequel Planets a century ago, the components of the solar system were little known: each of his planetary portraits was more inspired by astrology and Roman …
Read More »Planets at 100: Listener's Guide to the Holst Solar System
[ad_1] 100 years ago, a symphonic blockbuster was born in London. The planets, by Gustav Holst, created on this date in 1918. The sequel in seven movements, representing planets from our solar …
Read More »Brian Cox on the planets of Holst at the time and now | The music
[ad_1] When The Planets was completed in 1916, little was known about the physical nature of the musically represented worlds of Gustav Holst, and he did not care. His focus was on …
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