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Soundings of the Planet is an American, artist-owned, independent media company based in Bellingham, Washington that produces relaxation and world music by New Age artists and international musicians as well as documentaries on various environmental and human rights issues.
This is a discography of commercial recordings of The Planets, Op. 32, an orchestral suite by Gustav Holst, composed between 1914 and 1916, and first performed by the Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult on 29 September 1918. It includes the composer's own recordings made in 1922–1923 and 1926.
The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its supposed astrological character.
Only Visiting This Planet, often ranked as Norman's best album, [10] "mixed his Christian message with strong political themes", and "was meant to reach the flower children disillusioned by the government and the church" with its "abrasive, urban reality of the gospel". [10] In a 1980 interview, Norman explained its purpose:
[9] Mormons teach that exalted people will live with their earthly families and will also "have spirit children": [10] their posterity will grow forever. According to the belief, exaltation is a gift available only to those who have qualified for the highest "degree" of the celestial kingdom through faith in Jesus and obedience to his commandments.
Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 novel, Stranger in a Strange Land, references The Planets, using Mars, the Bringer of War as Mars' anthem to be played when Valentine Michael Smith visits the White House as an emissary from Mars. [64] In 2014, Bell's Brewery released its "The Planets Series" of seven beers inspired by Holst's The Planets. [65]
HOLST the planets York2 "World Premiere Recording 4 hands one piano" publisher Black Box. and GUSTAV HOLST THE PLANETS "A World Premiere The Composer's own TWO PIANO VERSION" publisher FACET. Frankk74 09:49, 23 February 2009 (UTC) Note there is also an Organ version which was transcribed from the Orchestral version by Peter Sykes publisher Raven.
Heaven worship is a Chinese religious belief that predates Taoism and Confucianism, but was later incorporated into both. Shangdi is the supreme unknowable god of Chinese folk religion . Over time, namely following the conquests of the Zhou dynasty who worshipped Tian (天 lit. "sky" ), Shangdi became synonymous with Tian, or Heaven.