Today marks the 150th-anniversay of Gustav Holst, the composer of (much more than) The Planets. September 21, 1874 (Cheltenham)-May 25, 1934 (London). A selection of his music and also a film.

Today marks the 150th-anniversay of Gustav Holst, the composer of (much more than) The Planets. September 21, 1874 (Cheltenham)-May 25, 1934 (London). A selection of his music and also a film.

Sep 21, 2024 | Holst 150 (born September 21, 1874), News, Videos, Vinyl

‘Mars’ from Sir Adrian’s final recording (of five, with concert performances also commercially available) of The Planets, which he premiered on September 29, 1918, at the Queen’s Hall to an invited audience*. This recording, made in May 1978...
BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 46: Royal College of Music & Sibelius Academy Orchestra. Sakari Oramo conducts The Planets and The Wood Nymph, with Anu Komsi giving the premiere of Lara Poe’s Laulut maaseudulta (Songs from the Countryside). Live on BBC Radio 3.

BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 46: Royal College of Music & Sibelius Academy Orchestra. Sakari Oramo conducts The Planets and The Wood Nymph, with Anu Komsi giving the premiere of Lara Poe’s Laulut maaseudulta (Songs from the Countryside). Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 25, 2024 | BBC Proms 2024, Concert Reviews, Holst 150 (born September 21, 1874), Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Lara Poe Sunday, August 25, 2024 Royal Albert Hall, London The students of the Royal College of Music (London) and the Sibelius Academy (Helsinki) came together, Sakari Oramo conducting, and an apt choice of repertoire, opening with Sibelius’s The Wood Nymph, a...
BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 33: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Elgar, Holst, Vaughan Williams. Martyn Brabbins conducts Cockaigne, Hammersmith, A London Symphony, and Christopher Maltman sings Charles Villiers Stanford. Live on BBC Radio 3.

BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 33: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Elgar, Holst, Vaughan Williams. Martyn Brabbins conducts Cockaigne, Hammersmith, A London Symphony, and Christopher Maltman sings Charles Villiers Stanford. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 13, 2024 | BBC Proms 2024, Concert Reviews, Holst 150 (born September 21, 1874), Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 Royal Albert Hall, London On his sixty-fifth birthday, Martyn Brabbins conducted this mouth-watering London-themed programme, opening with Elgar’s musical snapshot of the capital in 1900, Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), jaunty,...
BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 19: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Sakari Oramo conducts Tranquil Abiding & The Cloud Messenger, with Senja Rummukainen playing Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Live on BBC Radio 3.

BBC Proms 2024 – Prom 19: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Sakari Oramo conducts Tranquil Abiding & The Cloud Messenger, with Senja Rummukainen playing Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Live on BBC Radio 3.

Aug 3, 2024 | BBC Proms 2024, Concert Reviews, Holst 150 (born September 21, 1874), Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]

Saturday, August 3, 2024 Royal Albert Hall, London It’s worth exploring beyond The Planets and not just in ‘Holst 150’ year (the composer born on September 21, 1874). Inspired by a Sanskrit poem, translated by Holst, The Cloud Messenger (1913)...