This week in 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 space probe sent close-up images of Mars back to Earth for the first time. Well, since it's nearly the BBC Proms, it got us reminiscing about this time we played Gustav Holst's timeless banger back in 2015 ☄️ Susanna Mälkki conducted us and we were joined by The Elysian Singers' altos and sopranos for those otherwordly voices in 'Neptune'. | BBC Symphony Orchestra

6.7K views · 424 reactions | 敖 Get a taste of outer space with Gustav Holst's famed "Mars, the Bringer of War". A thrilling piece perfectly executed at the 2010 Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker’s Summer Night Concert with Franz Welser-Möst! Mark your calendars for this year's Summer Night Concert, streaming June 8 on medici.tv! 敖 https://cutt.ly/v8kxzA6 | medici.tv | Facebook