“The moon is bland, it's grey in shade. Other than the color you have brought there yourself, the only color you see out there are the multicolor blues of the oceans, the whites of the snow and the clouds. And the Earth itself is three dimensional and moves out there with logic and with purpose and with beauty.. Beyond comprehension”
—Captain Gene Cernan - Apollo 17 Astronaut - Last man on moon
Holst: The Planets - 6. Uranus, The Magician
Herbert Von Karajan; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra-Holst: The Planets - 6. Uranus, The Magician, Herbert Von Karajan; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra-
The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician
The London Symphony OrchestraThe Planets Suite: VI. Uranus, The Magician - Gustav Holst
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
It has just been announced that the President of the London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, has passed away. What an incredible musician this man was - here is the LSO under his baton with a mystical movement from Holst’s The Planets.
Click here to listen III. Mercury, The Winged Messenger
The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine & Margaret HillisGustav Holst, The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Levine.
Without a doubt one of my all-time favourite classical pieces. It transports me into an entirely other state of mind, quite away from anything of this world. Perhaps not the work of angels, as such, but the work of shadows and ethereal voices half-glimpsed and half-heard on the borders of dreaming sleep.
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32, H 125 - Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity
Herbert Von Karajan: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, RIAS Chamber ChoirGustav Holst
The Planets: Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity
Berliner Philharmoniker - Karajan
Jupiter The Bringer Jollity
Gustav HolstJupiter, The Bringer of Jollity
The Planets - Gustav Holst
One of my all time favourite pieces of music. Used to listen to this every night before bed when I was a child, and it still gives me that warm sense of comfort. Brilliantly composed- this is my favourite version, the tempo just seems perfect.
The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & ChorusThe Planets, Op. 32 - Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity
The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
The London Symphony OrchestraThe Planets Suite: III. Mercury, The Messenger - Gustav Holst
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Happy Birthday Holst! One of my favourite pieces from The Planets, I love the use of woodwind here - so classy! The incredible LSO under the baton of Sir Colin!
Click here to listen to VI: Uranus, The Magician
