New Orleans trumpeter and composer Steve Lands reinterprets Gustav Holst's "The Planets" on his album "Rearranging the ...

Best known are ‘Mars, the Bringer of War’, with its relentlessly militaristic snare drum and ominous, forceful brass chords, and ‘Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity’, which would later lend its melody to ...

The Planets was composed between 1914 and 1917, with each of its seven movements relating to the character of a planet from the Solar System. ‘Jupiter – The Bringer of Jollity’, ‘Mars – The Bringer of ...

Journey through the solar system with Holst’s imaginative musical depiction of the planets, past mighty Mars and glorious Jupiter. In the first half, we're down on earth.

Gustav Holst’s The Planets (1914–16) has inspired countless sci-fi film scores and has long been a favourite of audiences at the BBC Proms. Ahead of its return this year, here’s a quick ...

It is worth mentioning this because the title of the program was “Holst’s The Planets—An HD Odyssey.”A large screen above the orchestra displayed epic high definition video images of the ...

Journey through the solar system with Holst’s imaginative musical depiction of the planets, past mighty Mars and glorious Jupiter. Clive Myrie is joined by Maggie Aderin-Pocock. Show more ...