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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.
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.
Holst was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the elder of the two children of Adolph von Holst, a professional musician, and his wife, Clara Cox, née Lediard. She was of mostly British descent, [n 1] daughter of a respected Cirencester solicitor; [2] the Holst side of the family was of mixed Swedish, Latvian and German ancestry, with at least one professional musician in each of the ...
Oct. 9—The Santa Fe Symphony will bring audiences on a journey to "The Planets" on Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. ... "The Planets" is a seven-movement orchestral suite ...
The Planets is a 1983 TV film directed by Ken Russell based on Gustav Holst's musical suite of the same name. It was made specially for The South Bank Show, the weekly arts programme of the ITV network in Britain. It is a wordless collage that matches stock footage to each of the seven movements of the Holst suite.
originally intended for Brook Green Suite: Orchestral: 192: 1933–1934: Scherzo: for orchestra: part of an unfinished Symphony Band: Three Folk Tunes: for small military band [2] Band: 88: 22: 1906: Marching Song: for small military band: No. 2 from 2 Songs without Words: Band: 105: 28/1: 1909: First Suite in E-flat
Yoel Levi conducting the Women of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Holst: The Planets; Christoph von Dohnányi conducting the Cleveland Orchestra – Ives: Three Places In New England; Orchestral Set No. 2/Ruggles Sun-Treader Men and Mountains
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