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It appears your browser does not have it turned on. Please see your browser settings for this feature. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Dj Hokay Cokay. Nick Bradey. Names for Sounds. Galliker Stefan. Alex Torres. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app. Purchasable with gift card. Buy Digital Album name your price Send as Gift. Mars: The Bringer of War Venus: The Bringer of Peace Holst had always wanted to be a simple composer, but the resounding success and popularity of The Planets changed all that dramatically.
The composer was suddenly in great demand at various social functions and the press was haunting him for endless interviews and public appearances. Publishers kept asking for revisions of his earlier pieces, and he conducted numerous concerts of his works. Exhausted, Holst fell from the podium while conducting at the University of Reading in February of For more of the best in classical music, sign up to our E-Newsletter.
Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. All All. Tags: Holst. This was before the planet went discovered in but, ironically, the suite was accurate in portraying eight planets instead of nine : There have been much debate and controversy on the status of Pluto in the last few decades which ultimately led the IAU's definition to be modified and now classifies it as a "dwarf planet".
It's also interesting to note that Holst's composition is akin to the frozen, often distant and hostile atmosphere of Vaughan Williams's Seventh Symphony 'Antartica' , even if the themes are obviously different. One is a brilliant attempt to portray and pay tribute to the expedition of Scott on the continent of ice ; the other is a powerful and quite imaginative attempt to situate the human being in the universe which surrounds him.
Both are great works by two geniuses, two congenial minds who belonged to the same generation. The latter has been coupled on cd with Elgar's 'Enigma Variations' and is one of the best sounding records featuring Boult.
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