Madison Symphony Orchestra performs Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter from "The Planets." The Madison Symphony Orchestra performs four of the seven movements from Gustav Holst's "The Planets" — Mars, ...

Well, damn. Clearly, I had more research to do. Born on the edge of the Cotswolds region of England in 1874, Gustav Holst was a composer and raving socialist who had lots of interesting medical ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. To mark the anniversary, we've ...

One hundred years ago the English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934), best known for his series of orchestral tone poems, The Planets , composed a moving choral piece ...

Conductor Elim Chan joins the San Francisco Symphony October 26–28 for performances of Gustav Holst’s The Planets at Davies Symphony Hall. Chan replaces conductor Daniel Harding, who has withdrawn ...

September 21st is Gustav Holst's birthday.He was a British composer born in 1874 and passed away in 1934. Even if you are not familiar with his name, many people have likely heard his suite, "The ...

It was good to see a full and enthusiastic audience for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Thursday night concert. But in Gustav Holst's The Planets, the experience was compromised by applause after ...

At next week's concert, ten marimba players will perform "Jupiter" from Gustav Holst's "The Planets."I have written the sheet ...

Benjamin Britten delves into the hallucinatory verses of Arthur Rimbaud with youthful enthusiasm in the song cycle Les Illuminations, a rare foray into the French language for a composer renowned for ...

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 ...