The New York Times

The Team Effort Behind One of Classical Music’s Greatest Hits

Performances in N.Y.C. Gustav Holst composed “The Planets” with crucial help from others. Firsthand accounts and the score reflect how collaborative its creation was. The New York Philharmonic, ...
Times Argus

Philharmonic’s ‘Celestial Sounds’: Holst’s ‘Planets & Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’

‘The Planets,” the 2018 work which propelled English composer Gustav Holst to “rock star” status, has been a powerful influence on music of all genres ever since — and film composer John Williams in ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘The Planets’ Retrospective: Holst’s Spectacular, Forward-Looking Journey Through Music, Space, and the Mind

“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 ...
BroadwayWorld

Review: BBC PROMS: PROM 46: HOLST'S THE PLANETS, Royal Albert Hall

If anyone were to worry about the future of classical music, Prom 46 would surely reassure them that we are in good hands. Students from the Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, Royal College of ...