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Holst - The Planets - UBCSO

(all rights belong to the UBC School of Music!!!) The Planets, Op. 32 (1916) Gustav Holst For the premiere of "The Planets" in 1920, Holst was worried the public would overanalyze his work. The music was indeed connected to the astrological planets, but they were not programmatic, nor were they connected with the Roman deities of the same names. Holst simply advised that there was no narrative in the pieces, and that the subtitles for each movement should be enough to guide the imagination of the listener. 0:00 I. "Mars, the Bringer of War" 7:38 II. "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" 15:40 III. "Mercury, the Winged Messenger" 19:50 IV. "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" 28:16 V. "Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age" 37:57 VI. "Uranus, the Magician" 43:50 VII. "Neptune, the Mystic" * 51:57 Applause UBC Symphony Orchestra Dr. Jonathan Girard, conductor *with Sopranos and Altos of the UBC Choirs Dr. Graeme Langager and Dr. Hyejung Jun, conductors Live from the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on December 6, 2025. "Holst began composing The Planets in 1914, yet, in spite of the first section’s title, 'Mars, the Bringer of War,' it is not a war piece, for Holst was into it before World War I started. The composer, a man of intellect and wide-ranging interests, found musical inspiration in diverse places. 'As a rule,' he said, 'I only study things that suggest music to me...recently the character of each planet suggested lots to me.' Holst’s own imagination had been stimulated by many things, not the least of which was the great literature of English folk songs, introduced to him by his life-long friend, Ralph Vaughan Williams. Holst’s musico-spatial explorations may not be cosmic, but they are brilliant, dramatic, and picturesque enough to fit into almost anyone’s concert hall horoscope." — Orrin Howard (for the Los Angeles Philharmonic)