The piano which Gustav Holst used to compose his orchestral suite, The Planets, has been put up for adoption. The Holst ...

Our solar system is the subject of composer Gustav Holst's The Planets, which premiered 100 years ago on Sept. 29, 1918. To mark the anniversary, we've enlisted two experts to guide us on an ...

Gustav Holst evokes the astrological character of the planets in his popular symphonic suite. John Eliot Gardiner tops the list of conductors who... Gustav Holst's Peerless 'Planets' Gustav Holst's ...

Here & Now music opinionator Fran Hoepfner joins host Peter O'Dowd to discuss why Gustav Holst's "The Planets" is the perfect piece right now to explore places far, far away. The seven-movement ...

When I texted my trombone-major boyfriend to ask if he wanted to go see the Seattle Symphony perform Gustav Holst’s The Planets: An HD Odyssey with me this weekend, I received this enthusiastic, if ...

The Colorado Springs Philharmonic is all for making a good first impression. Its new season kicks off this weekend with two performances of Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” and Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No ...

Elim Chan Conductor Andrew Staples Tenor San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Symphony Les Illuminations Benjamin Britten The Planets Gustav Holst Benjamin Britten delves into the hallucinatory ...

More than a century ago, composer Gustav Holst created “The Planets,” an orchestral work that even little kids have probably heard at least a bit of in one form or another. But this month, the ...

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The Abilene Philharmonic is not just hoping that Saturday's concert will be out of this world. They know it will be. After venturing to the magical land of Oz just a few weeks ago, the Philharmonic ...

Gustav Holst evokes the astrological character of the planets in his popular symphonic suite. John Eliot Gardiner tops the list of conductors who... The Planets, composed in 1914-16 and premiered ...

One hundred years ago, a symphonic blockbuster was born in London. The Planets, by Gustav Holst, premiered on this date in 1918. The seven-movement suite, depicting planets from our solar system, has ...