Holst’s romantic astrological vision meets the stunning images of modern astronomy. Travel into space with The Planets.
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Gustav Holst’s Planets wasn’t written for the movies, but it could have been – it has the monumental character and emotional force of a great film score and more than a few film composers are indebted to it.
With this spectacular visual presentation from the Houston Symphony and filmmaker Duncan Copp, we return the favour – accompanying Holst’s music with stunning high-definition footage from NASA space probes and the Hubble Telescope. Holst’s romantic, astrological vision meets modern astronomy.
Emmanuel Pahud, principal flute of the Berlin Philharmonic, is the soloist in the first half of the program. He’ll play a fiendishly virtuosic concerto by Swiss composer Michael Jarrell (music that tries to let us hear silence), and take the leading part in Bach’s dancing Orchestral Suite No.2.
BACH Orchestral Suite No.2
JARRELL …un temps du silence… (Flute Concerto)
HOLST The Planets
Ludovic Morlot conductor
Emmanuel Pahud flute
Ladies of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Pre-concert talk by Robert Murray in the Northern Foyer, 45 minutes before each performance.
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Track 1 – BACH Orchestral Suite No.2: Badinerie
Wolfgang Schulz (flute) with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted by
Karl Münchinger
DECCA ELOQUENCE 458 179-2
Track 2 – HOLST The Planets: Mars the bringer of War
Track 3 – HOLST The Planets: Jupiter (first theme)
Track 4 – HOLST The Planets: Jupiter (second theme)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Neville Marriner
PHILIPS ELOQUENCE 450 053-2
Audio kindly supplied by Universal Music.