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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Under Dima Slobodeniouk, the orchestra played works by Holst and Ligeti and, for the first time, Julia Perry’s somber “Stabat Mater.” By ...

Well, damn. Clearly, I had more research to do. Born on the edge of the Cotswolds region of England in 1874, Gustav Holst was a composer and raving socialist who had lots of interesting medical ...

The Colorado Symphony is set to illuminate Boettcher Concert Hall this weekend for a three-night performance of Gustav Holst’s existentially gripping masterpiece, The Planets, with principal conductor ...

The four performances will take place Thursday, January 30, 2025, at 7:30 pm, at State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick; Friday, January 31, 2025, at 8 pm, at New Jersey Performing Arts Center ...

From Monday to Thursday every week, Zeb Soanes is diving into a different composer each evening, exploring the people and ...

When conductor Joseph Giunta takes the stage at the Des Moines Civic Center this weekend, his baton will not only be leading the Des Moines Symphony, but bending the motion of the planets themselves.

Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” has long been one of New Orleans-based trumpeter Steve Lands’ favorite classical compositions. The seven-movement suite — epic in its sound, sweeping from the aggression ...