Classic FM

Holst’s Jupiter but for MELODICA is so jolly it’s unreal

The Melodica Men have truly outdone themselves with this impressive rendition of ‘Jupiter’ from Holst’s The Planets. In those moments when swelling brass and slow waltzing strings are met with the ...
The Guardian

Gustav Holst conducts the first performance of five of his Planets: 'Holst's art seems to have overreached itself'

From the archive, 11 October 1920: Samuel Langford reviews Gustav Holst conducting five of his The Planets at Birmingham Town Hall Birmingham is at present going headlong both for the municipalisation ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘The Planets’ Retrospective: Holst’s Spectacular, Forward-Looking Journey Through Music, Space, and the Mind

“The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of ‘The Planets’ enables the mind to acquire some comprehension of the vastness of space ...
BBC

A journey through Holst’s ‘The Planets’

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 orbit around ...