Interest in holsts music continues to grow, and in particular in more outoftheway material. In 1916 gustav holst completed another set of musical character sketches his suite the planets, in seven movements. The planets is a sevenmovement orchestral suite by the english composer gustav holst. Deceptive cadence the english composers supernova hit continues to obscure his jaunty, folk inflected st.
This is a really outstanding recording of the suite. Gustav holst the planets project creative classrooms. The work has long been a staple of the international orchestral repertoire. Classical holst royalty free music library stock music downloads. Pauls suit by ambrosian chorus ladies royal philharmonic orchestra vernon handley emusic. This is a music guided listening unit over the planets by gustav holst.
Holsts the planets learning edinburgh international. In the shadow of the planets lies gustav holsts sweet little suite. His early works show the influence of grieg, wagner, richard strauss and fellow student ralph vaughan williams, and later, through vaughan williams, the music of ravel. When gustav holst composed his celebrated suite the planets during the first world war, the solar system was bounded by the orbit of neptune the mystic in holsts astrological subtitlewhich holst naturally placed at the end of his masterpiece.
In his illustrious career, boult has recorded holsts masterpiece five times. Ten pieces mars from the planets by gustav holst bbc. The planets orchestral suite from 1918 describes seven planets in music but looks at their moods or characters rather than their scientific properties. Holst was kept busy working as a teacher and it took him two years to write the planets between 1914 and 1916. Gustav holst a partial premiere was given in the queens hall in 1918 for an invited audience of 250 people first complete performance in. The main attraction of this package is the presentatio. Indra is an accomplished tone poem revealing holsts interest in the legends of india, whilst the glittering and evocative japanese suite was written in response to a request from a japanese dancer appearing in london. Each movement is named after a planet on the solar system, and its corresponding astrological.
He is most famous for his orchestral suite the planets. The concept of the work is astrological rather than astronomical which is why earth is not included. Sir adrian boult was among the greatest interpreters of holsts suite the planets. He decided the order of the movements on musical criteria rather than astrological factors so they do not move in orbit outwards from the sun. Dick and dom explore holsts piece about war from the cockpit of a spaceship. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music. His father was a pianist and his mother who died when he was 8 was a singer clara holst adolf holst. Dick and dom explore holst s piece about war from the cockpit of a spaceship. At the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer.
Gustav holst was a british composer best known for his orchestral suite the planets. Close for 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music without asking you anything in exchange. Holst was rather inspired by astrology and the suite actually concerns human character as influenced by the planets. Musopen grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Gustav holst the planets performed as a send off for holst, who was going to mainland europe to help with the demobilization of british ww i troops. Gustav holst born september 21, 1874 cheltenham, gloucestershire, uk died may 25. Take this playlist with you and enjoy the full soundcloud experience with our free app.
Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the solar system and its corresponding astrological character as defined by holst from its premiere to the present day, the suite has been enduringly popular, influential, widely performed and frequently recorded. Holst jupiter from the planets theme midi file for. Best known for his orchestral suite the planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. The planets revisited gustav holst evokes the astrological character of the planets in his popular symphonic suite.
For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6. As he suffered from neuritis an inflammation of the nerves in his right arm holst found it painful. This work has been released into the public domain by its author, musopen. For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6 minutes and two seconds. Gustav holst 1874 1934 gustav holst was born in cheltenham, england on the 21st september 1874 statue of holst in his home town. It was not until fifteen years later that american astronomer clyde tombaugh, trying to find the reason for peculiarities in neptunes orbit. In some countries this may not be legally possible. Gustav holst midi files download for free midiworld. Sharp and to the point containing holsts signature all over it. A great deal of holst s personality is captured in the planets, with the extrovert in jupiter, his sense of humour in uranus, and his relaxed manner in the lyrical second movement of the work, venus.
His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, richard wagner and richard strauss being. This is a public domain recording of the planets, op. Venus was the second of the seven to be composed and has an unmistakable air of calm contrasts with the first movement, which is very loud and thunderous. Jupiter from the planets gustav holst download uranus from the planets gustav holst download first suite in eb for military band gustav holst download. A performance of holsts the planets by the bbc symphony orchestra, with each movement introduced by professor brian cox against a backdrop of the very latest in planetary imagery. Each movement is named after a planet on the solar system, and its corresponding astrological character. The planets the complete suite mars, venus, mercury, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune by bbc symphony orchestra. A great deal of holsts personality is captured in the planets, with the extrovert in jupiter, his sense of humour in uranus, and his relaxed manner in the lyrical second movement of the work, venus. Jupiter, performed by royal scottish national orchestra. It is best suited for grades 5 and up, but can easily be modified and enjoyed by the younger grades as well.
Holst, gustav gustav holst 21 september 1874 25 may 1934 alternative namestransliterations. You will be transfered to a page where you can download holsts the planets. These have little to do with astronomy and even less with the roman deities whose names they carry. John eliot gardiner tops the list of conductors who have recorded holsts. Does anyone happen to know who the conductor, symphony, and year of recording was.
Welcome to the daily download, a handpicked, free, downloadable piece of classical music available every weekday. This score incorporates two versions of the vocal score. With the exception of earth, all planets known during the works composition are present. Holst is most famous for his orchestral suite the planets. This then, was the background to the planets suite which holst completed in 1916. Its first public performance took place in 1920, and it was an instant success. Holst jupiter from the planets suite by lynnemusic at. Stream gustav holst the planets suite complete by jaqob jackson from desktop or your mobile device. The planets became one of the most popular and widely recognized musical works of the twentieth century. Gustav holst born september 21, 1874 cheltenham, gloucestershire, uk died may 25, 1934 was an english composer and a music teacher for over 20 years.
This site uses features found in ie5 and netscape 6 and higher. Each one has a subtitle that further explains the character of the music. Gustav holst composer 18741934 play or download midi files from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Regarded as a masterful interpretation since its appearance in 1987, charles dutoits awardwinning recording of gustav holsts the planets deserves all the praise it has received from fans and critics alike. In the shadow of the planets lies gustav holsts sweet.