Last night I attended an event at Windsor Planetarium and Science Centre celebrating 100 years of the Planets Suite by Gustav Holst. Composed between 1914 and 1916, the original was released on 29 Sep 1918 at a time when very little was known about the planets themselves. Holst’s concept was therefore astrological rather then astronomical. These modern compositions, performed by the Ligeti Quartet, have re-imagined the characteristics of the planets from a more modern, scientific perspective.
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