Singapore composer Joyce Koh’s new work gives Earth its due amid Holst’s Planets

The programme included Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto In E Minor (Op. 85), which featured Austrian cellist Julia Hagen. Read ...
LAist

'Pluto the Renewer' Is No Swan Song

When Gustav Holst finished his iconic work "The Planets" in 1917, Pluto had yet to be discovered. Six years ago, British composer Colin Matthews was commissioned to round out the set. He called his ...
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 ...
The Stranger

Get High on Seattle Symphony's 'The Planets: An HD Odyssey' This Weekend

When I texted my trombone-major boyfriend to ask if he wanted to go see the Seattle Symphony perform Gustav Holst’s The Planets: An HD Odyssey with me this weekend, I received this enthusiastic, if ...
The New York Times

The Team Effort Behind One of Classical Music’s Greatest Hits

Performances in N.Y.C. Gustav Holst composed “The Planets” with crucial help from others. Firsthand accounts and the score reflect how collaborative its creation was. The New York Philharmonic, ...