New Jersey stargazers will be treated to visual splendor in the night sky this month. February features what scientists call a “planetary parade” with Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune ...

Gustav Holst’s The Planets (1914–16) has inspired countless sci-fi film scores and has long been a favourite of audiences at the BBC Proms. Ahead of its return this year, here’s a quick ...

The influence of English composer Gustav Holst on wind bands cannot be denied, says Bill Doherty, leader of the Solano Winds community concert band, which opens its 30th season Oct. 11 with a ...

Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite version of Holst's The Planets The ever popular Planets is a seven-movement orchestral suite by Gustav Holst, written during the First World War. Each movement ...

Gustav Holst was a British composer best known for his orchestral suite ‘The Planets’. A suite is a group of individual pieces. There are seven pieces in 'The Planets' and 'Mars, the Bringer ...

KATIE MELUA:His name was Gustav Holst, and as well as writing music he was a teacher in a school. KATIE MELUA:He was also interested in astrology. The idea that the different planets, up in the ...

[Kevin] is one such hacker who now has an Arduino orchestra capable of playing all seven movements of Gustav Holst’s Planets Suite. The performers are not human beings with expensive instruments ...

A festive carol service has taken place in a Gloucestershire village to mark the anniversary of a worldwide famous composer who was born in the county. It was in 1874 when Gustav Holst was born in ...

Arrangements suitable for orchestral instruments, for beginners up to Grade 5. All parts have been designed to work together to enable mixed-ability groups to perform together. All the beginner ...

Gustav Holst’s The Planets (1914–16) has inspired countless sci-fi film scores and has long been a favourite of audiences at the BBC Proms. Ahead of its return this year, here’s a quick ...