“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 ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – For fans of Classical music, an upcoming Symphony of the Mountains performance is one you won’t want to miss. According to a press release from the organization, the ...

Gustav Holst’s most famous and beloved work, The Planets, is a musical exploration of the planets that make up our solar system. The great English composer assigned characters and a subtitle to each ...

Morning Edition's series One-Hit Wonders / Second-Best Songs focuses on musicians or bands whose careers are defined by a single monster hit, and explains why their catalogs have much more to offer.

The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra will go beyond the bounds of Earth with its next concert — and with a little help from the stargazing community. Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite The Planets is ...

As we celebrate the English composer’s 150th anniversary, we reflect on ten of the best works he wrote, including The Planets and The Bells film score. English composer Gustav Holst is famous for his ...

Gustav Holst's orchestral suite The Planets was a formative experience of musical fusion for me. It showed me at an early age that the largely abstract classical music I'd grown up with could be ...

Composer Gustav Holst would have been inspired by the telescopes set up in the Tucson Music Hall courtyard this week. He would have marveled, no doubt, at the various demonstrations assembled in the ...

As the electric guitarist of the world’s most successful band after The Beatles, Sir Brian May has contributed plenty through Queen’s music back catalogue. In fact, when he took part in BBC Radio 4’s ...