Review: Applause kept interrupting Holst’s 'The Planets' in Dallas Symphony concert

Well, that was frustrating. It was good to see a full and enthusiastic audience for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Thursday night concert. But in Gustav Holst’s The Planets, the experience was ...
Rutland Herald

Philharmonic’s ‘Celestial Sounds’: Holst’s ‘Planets & Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’

‘The Planets,” the 2018 work which propelled English composer Gustav Holst to “rock star” status, has been a powerful influence on music of all genres ever since — and film composer John Williams in ...
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, ...
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 ...