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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.
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 ...
The Simpsons episode "The Regina Monologues" features an extract from Mars in a flashback scene to World War II. [42] Mars is used as the opening and closing theme music for the 6-part 1958/1959 BBC TV science fiction serial Quatermass and the Pit. Mr. Robot features Neptune in the pre-credits sequence of season 2 episode 4. [43]
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 ...
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.
In the first movement of his Seventh Symphony (1906), Gustav Mahler wrote an extremely prominent solo for Tenorhorn. Gustav Holst used a tenor tuba in three movements (Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus) of his suite The Planets (1914–16). Finally, Leoš Janáček's most famous piece Sinfonietta employs two euphonium parts.
The first complete public performance of The Planets was by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates on 15 November 1920. An incomplete public performance conducted by Appleby Matthews had taken place in Birmingham on 10 October 1918, and a private, probably incomplete, performance was given on 29 September 1918 in the Queen's ...
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