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Conductor. Adrian Boult. The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven- movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its supposed astrological character.
Thaxted (tune) " Thaxted " is a hymn tune by the English composer Gustav Holst, based on the stately theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite The Planets and named after Thaxted, the English village where he lived much of his life. He adapted the theme in 1921 to fit the patriotic poem " I Vow to Thee, My ...
Manfred Mann used "Jupiter, bringer of joy" for his song "Bringer of joy". The 1985 album Beyond the Planets, by Jeff Wayne, Rick Wakeman and Kevin Peek (with narration by Patrick Allen), is a rock arrangement of the entire suite. [22] The song "Hammerheart" in Twilight of the Gods album by Bathory is based on the fourth movement, Jupiter.
Contents. I Vow to Thee, My Country. " I Vow to Thee, My Country " is a British patriotic hymn, created in 1921 when music by Gustav Holst had a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice set to it. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later named " Thaxted ", taken from the "Jupiter" movement of Holst's 1917 suite The Planets.
The Planets (2019 TV series) The Planets is a 2019 BBC/PBS/Tencent/Open University television documentary series about the Solar System presented by Professor Brian Cox [ 2 ] in the UK version and Zachary Quinto in the US version. [ 3 ] First broadcast on BBC Two beginning Tuesday 28 May 2019, the five-episode series looks at each planet in ...
Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many ...
The Planets. discography. This is a discography of commercial recordings of The Planets, Op. 32, an orchestral suite by Gustav Holst, composed between 1914 and 1916, and first performed by the Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult on 29 September 1918. It includes the composer's own recordings made in 1922–1923 and 1926.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. [ 1 ] The longest and last symphony that he composed, it is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in classical music. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The work is nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony, probably coined by the impresario Johann Peter Salomon. [ 4 ]