Professor Brian Cox discusses the planets inspiring Gustav Holst's 'The Planets'. When Gustav Holst released The Planets in 1916, most scientists had very little real understanding of the physical ...

It is a peculiar coincidence that Gustav Holst completed the first sketch of Mars, the Bringer of War—his most bellicose piece of music—just before WWI began. Like his good friend Ralph Vaughan ...

The Tri-County Symphonic Band is set to pay tribute to English composer Gustav Holst at its upcoming concert.

From left: Bay of Plenty Symphonia's Bronya Dean, librarian Gloria Pheasant and music director Justus Rozemond examine the score of ‘Folk Songs from Somerset.'"; English composer Gustav Holst took us ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review | Houston Symphony By Anthony Tommasini The British composer Gustav Holst was an astrology buff when he composed his most famous work, ...

Gustav Holst is known mostly for “The Planets,” a big, bombastic work that’s been an orchestral staple since 1920 (it plays at the Hollywood Bowl next Tuesday). Last weekend, however, Southwest ...

The piano which Gustav Holst used to compose his orchestral suite, The Planets, has been put up for adoption. The Holst Victorian House in Cheltenham has launched an "adopt an object" scheme to try ...

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.

Bruno Lima is "a great cheerleader" for Gustav Holst and the composer's international fanbase A student from Brazil who is studying Gustav Holst says visiting his birthplace will allow him to "be ...