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Conductor. Adrian Boult. 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.
The Planets (band) The Planets, 2003. The Planets was a classical crossover music band formed by Mike Batt in 2001. The Planets made their public debut supporting Deep Purple 's 2002 UK tour. The band was made of: [1] Ruth Miller (flute) Ben Pugsley (electric, classical and flamenco guitars. Jonathan Hill (violin)
In addition, he used Venus as inspiration for the Force theme. Many criticize these "inspirations", stating that these themes were simply copied; however, no lawsuit was ever filed by the Holst foundation. Jerry Goldsmith seemingly took inspiration from Saturn for the main theme of Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien.
The Planets. discography. 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.
Contents. I Vow to Thee, My Country. " I Vow to Thee, My Country " is a British patriotic hymn, created in 1921 when music by Gustav Holst had a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice set to it. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later named " Thaxted ", taken from the "Jupiter" movement of Holst's 1917 suite The Planets.
Digable Planets singles chronology. " Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) ". (1992) "Where I'm From". (1993) Music video. "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" on YouTube. " Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) " is a song by American hip hop trio Digable Planets, released as the first single from their debut album, Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and ...
Isao Tomita (冨田 勲, Tomita Isao, 22 April 1932 – 5 May 2016), [1] often known simply as Tomita, was a Japanese composer, regarded [2] as one of the pioneers of electronic music [3][4][5] and space music, [6] and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements. [7] In addition to creating note-by-note realizations ...
Thaxted (tune) " Thaxted " is a hymn tune by the English composer Gustav Holst, based on the stately theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite The Planets and named after Thaxted, the English village where he lived much of his life. He adapted the theme in 1921 to fit the patriotic poem " I Vow to Thee, My ...