G. Holst - The planets Op. 32 - Neptune, the Mystic - Berliner Philharm. - H. von Karajan (7/7)
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2013
- The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character as defined by Holst. With the exception of Earth (the centre of all yet influentially inert astrologically, all the astrological planets known during the work's composition are represented.
From its premiere to the present day, the suite has been enduringly popular, influential, widely performed and frequently recorded. The work was not heard in a complete public performance, however, until some years after it was completed. Although there were four performances between September 1918 and October 1920, they were all either private (the first performance, in London) or incomplete (two others in London and one in Birmingham). The premiere was at the Queen's Hall on 29 September 1918, conducted by Holst's friend Adrian Boult before an invited audience of about 250 people. The first complete public performance was finally given in London by Albert Coates conducting the London Symphony Orchestra on 15 November 1920.
Instrumentation
The work is scored for an exceptionally large orchestra:
Woodwind: 4 flutes (3rd doubling 1st piccolo; 4th doubling 2nd piccolo and a "bass flute in G", actually an alto flute), 3 oboes (3rd doubling bass oboe), an English horn, 3 clarinets in B-flat, a bass clarinet in B-flat, 3 bassoons and a contrabassoon
Brass: 6 horns in F, 4 trumpets in C, 3 trombones (2 tenor and 1 bass), a "tenor tuba" (euphonium in B-flat) and a bass tuba
Keyboards: a celesta, and an organ
Percussion: 6 timpani (2 players, 3 drums each except in "Uranus" having 4 drums for 1st and 2 drums for 2nd), a bass drum, a snare drum, cymbals, a triangle, a tam-tam, a tambourine, a glockenspiel, a xylophone, and tubular bells
Strings: 2 harps, 1st and 2nd violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
Voices: ("Neptune" only), 2 three-part women's choruses (SSA) located in an adjoining room which is to be screened from the audience
The suite has seven movements, each named after a planet and its corresponding astrological character (see Planets in astrology):
1.Mars, the Bringer of War
2.Venus, the Bringer of Peace
3.Mercury, the Winged Messenger
4.Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
5.Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
6.Uranus, the Magician
7.Neptune, the Mystic
The Planets (Los planetas) op. 32, es la obra más conocida del compositor inglés Gustav Holst y fue compuesta entre 1914 y 1918. Es una suite de siete movimientos a cada uno de los cuales Holst le dio el nombre de un planeta (y su correspondiente deidad en la mitología grecorromana).
The Planets, como reza su subtítulo, es una suite "para gran orquesta". Instrumentos nada habituales, como la flauta baja o el oboe barítono o bajo y unos nutridos efectivos de percusión (bombo, batería, platillos, Triángulo (instrumento musical), tambor militar, pandereta, gong, campanas, xilófono y glockenspiel, así como dos timbalistas) y metal (6 trompas, 4 trompetas, 3 trombones, tuba tenor y tuba bajo) forman, entre otros, la nómina de la suite. Es quizás la orquesta más grande empleada jamás por Holst.
Estructura
La suite está formada por los siguientes movimientos:
Marte, el portador de la guerra.
Venus, el portador de la paz.
Mercurio, el mensajero alado.
Júpiter, el portador de la alegría.
Saturno, el portador de la vejez.
Urano, el mago.
Neptuno, el místico.
Saturno no solamente nos describe el carácter "serio, circunspecto y triste" del planeta. Es también la descripción de un ataque provocado por su neuritis, que le afectaba severamente a un brazo. El detalle tendrá su importancia en el momento de dirigir: de resultas de dicha neuritis, los tempi resultaron un poco lentos, lo cual influyó a su vez en las grabaciones de Adrian Boult. Esto es especialmente notable en los movimientos "amplios", como Marte o Júpiter.
Neptuno, como ya queda dicho, usa un coro femenino sin texto. Pero a diferencia de Debussy, Holst lo ubica tras el escenario, "en una habitación contigua, cuya puerta debe quedar abierta hasta que termine el movimiento y todo quede en silencio" según rezan las indicaciones de la partitura.
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Listening to this on vinyl... Dec25 2019.. this year my two best friends died... and this very day the doctor has told me my partner has liver cancer.... I listen to it over and over; the choral arrangement comforts me and helps me believe that there is another place after death, where maybe a soul has a place to go.. and rest.
I am sorry for your loss
@@nullify1337 my partner ended up dying on Sept.29, 2020 ... life will never be the same, but this music and their memories will always be near my heart.
My deepest condolences ❤
Deep down on the dark depths of Neptune's world wide ocean, the mystic God dwells around his dark drystal globe. No lights fill the dark, under water cave other than his precious heirloom. He and the strangest and most alien fish of the depths moved around the globe... thinking. "So long have the humans stoped believing in the virtues of the sea... Yet longer still it has been until they uncover the depths of my realm and its darkest secrets." Anxiety filled the waters of the liquid planet. "Will they ever find us again? That remains to be seen..." said the mystic god, as he walked out of the dark underwater cave. The light turned dark as the human shuttle inside the globe took off from the ground and rose towards the vast and infinity of space.
João Lopes That was cool. Not gonna lie
João Lopes Love it man, mind if I use it?
Krateling Go for it, but let me in on what you're up to. Satisfaction of curiosity is my only demand :P
João Lopes
Might base a longer story on it. Really love yours, so I could use it as a set-up!
That was... sublime.
The most amazing movement in the whole piece. I love it so much.
on repeat my friend!
The best musical companion for some of your darkest sleepless nights... Neptune.
Laurentius DarkMoon your profile picture accurately describes your comment.
Saw a concert of this yesterday and the singers were under the stage to make it sound like they're on a different planet than the orchestra and the audience.
wow, where?
@@DerDabischeMonnemer It was over a year ago and it was with The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra under Bramwell Tovey, and the chorus was The Providence Singers under Christine Noel
@@liamderosa2157 oh not bad. I prefer orchestras in my country
This is the best rendition of this piece. Just the right tempo to really capture that mystical/otherworldly feel.
When I listen to this beautiful and instrumental theme I get the feeling that we are not lone in this world; like a spiritual and mystic atmosphere that came up suddenly,so that we can imagine a lot of positive and religious settings for life.
It's kind of intimidating how calm it is.
this has long been one of my all-time favourite pieces; musically adventurous for 1916, eerie, and otherworldly, but beautiful in a cold kind of way
My absolute favorite piece from The Planets
Found out today this is the very first use of The fade out and was achieved by having the choir in a different room and slowly shutting the door. so fing cool
I urge people, after we return to normal, to go see it live. There are 7 planets represented (no Earth or Pluto) and the progression through The Planets is like an actual journey. This is the last piece and the ending is truly sublime. I was stunned!
Neptune and Mars will always be my two favorite Holst compositions; this has a brilliant, meditative quality to it. This is best played at full volume, though headphones, preferably while peering through a telescope or looking at deep space image sent courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope.
I don't know why, but when I was a kid, I always felt connected to Neptune. It may be because it's so mystical and dreamy, but I have always loved this giant blue planet. Could be because I'm a Pisces or just because I like astronomy, I don't know.
Pisces as well here... And feeling exactly the same...
Me too.
It is because you want to feel you belong. And hence you WANT TO feel you belong to pisces in astrology. Astrology is nothing but a multi billion dollar business.
You are a son of neptune and you are welcome at camp jupiter.
Sagittarius here, rules by Jupiter, but for some reason I’ve always felt connected to Saturn. Got to see Saturn at my university the one night they had telescopes out on the roof of the science building. I had to of spent at least an hour watching him move across the sky.
mystical & dreamy. I like the end part with the voiceless choir. like a hymne.
I feel like I'm floating to through depths of the oceans or the endless expance of space.
Hello, friend.
Tackling this in choir, it’s an absolute beast
I see the Blue giant int front of me, surrounded by the darkness of deep space, with the Sun as another distant star. Cold, floating, slowly closing in complete silence. So beautiful, yet so menacing and intriguing. Everything I know is very far from here...
Mermaids and mysticism= Neptune
This makes me think of a quiet summer forest just before dawn. So peaceful, yet mysterious and eerie.
Reminds me so much of those old black and white movies....I can almost see King Neptune when the choir starts
I can’t remember if I posted about this under a different SN, but this is my favorite work on the planets. I fondly remember having this playing in my head as I was on watch one night in Spring of 1999 while my unit was in the field at Fort Lewis, Washington. It was quite and still, partially overcast with the Moon illuminating the clouds. It was me, the woods, the night sky, and this song...and it was magic.
Before I ever heard of astrology, when I was a child I loved to listen to echos coming from metal barrels. And static from radios. Colors had a magical fascination for me. Each color had it's on unique fascination for me . And smells like gasoline , even and many others smells could move me. Later I found I had my natal moon exactly trine Neptune. Also mars trine Neptune. And Mercury conjoined Neptune . And my ascendant may be square Neptune which may be on my midheaven . So those who say astrology is just big business have a lot to learn. Astrology is very real!
Switch the l for an n and the g for an m and I'll be with you. Finally, stick a g in front and we can eat a meal together. 😊
The Planets were my introduction to Classical Music, as a teenager, so grateful to my parents for the gift.
Neptune is my favorite part of his work and then Saturn
This piece is included in the original Cosmos series by Carl Sagan. I love it, as it brings me memories of watching the series (I still do it frequently) and lights in me a passion for science and discovery
I can hear you, Mystic... Neptune of the Deep. I hear your song resounding from the furthest reaches, from the lowest valley, from which light is absent. Long and far have I traveled to meet you; far from the light, outward into the confines of infinity. I come before you in our hour of destitution. ...Present yourself, Mystic Neptune. You must not cower. You must know the warmth of the light; lest you sink into the recesses of abberation. Thus is my gambit to save you, from which there is no return. Hear the plea of man. Govern them, gift upon them the knowledge of aeons uncounted.
💛🌍✨
My favourite amongst the Planets. I love how quiet it is.
The first time I heard this as a teenager, I imagined all kinds of scenes as the previous movements unfolded... when this movement played, all I could see was a massive planet out in cold space, with a huge Buddha face completely covering the surface! Karajans interpretation appears to be the longest of the versions on UA-cam, and I think the spacious effect is entirely right for the piece (don't always agree with Karajan's conducting - not that he would care). Lovely, ethereal singing to the careful harp, exquisite stuff
mistermac2 i agree with what you have said. it think von karajan gave this piece the Perfect expression....i have listened to the Planets for years...and this version gives me that feeling i want...a billion miles away, in cold and dark, hiding behind a blue planet...thanks for your comments...
So cold...so distant...
I loved how they used this in Mr. Robot. It added so much intrigue and intensity to the opening scene.
Mr. Tom Sudholt, one of the DJs for the classical music radio station
near me played this after Ms. Katherine Johnson (portrayed by Taraji P.
Henson in the movie "Hidden Figures") passed away back in February.
Mr. Sudholt related how Ms. Johnson made all her calculations for the
Apollo and Space Shuttle launches with just a pencil and paper and how
accurate said calculations turned out to be.
He then went on to tell a story of how, after NASA got, in his words "One of those new fangled computing machines", the people working the machine came up to Mr. John Glenn with the calculations for his first space flight and while listening to them Mr. Glenn calmly said to the guys "No, no, I want to hear what Ms. Johnson has to say.".....from what I remember Ms. Johnson's calculations were not that far off from what the computer had.
Music to reflect about life and other spiritual things.
this is lovely! listening to it while studying =D
Some parts are exactly the same as the underwater scenes in The Phantom Menace, a little more than inspired I would say. More like lifted straight from Holst. Good job John Williams.
Been looking for this piece featured in one of the Mr Robot's episodes. Masterful use of music + visual cues. Marks the birth of the Mr Robot persona.
Same here
Poseidon relaxing in the ocean
I once saw the vid on an obscure local cable channel, the BBC Orchestra performed this on stage and I cannot find it anywhere on the net. It's the best. The last scene where the vocalists walk off is unbelievable and Holst wrote it into the music
I really like the tempo in this version, really mysterious... other versions are far too quick for the spirit, here, you feel the mystic, just perfect!
in my dream, when i was young, i would be flying toward Neptune, no space ship, and then i would hide behind the blue...for safety and to not be noticed...
Pure heaven , thank you : )
Tonight the Full Moon in Pisces is conjunct to Neptune in Pisces, so no better time to listen to this masterpiece... Night between 20-21 september 2021. May Neptune and the Moon give full expansion to your Dreams 💙🌍💙
so cool
It sounds like the mysterious depths of the Ocean and conjures up images of sea weed waving in the current. Towards the end it turns into infinite space, who knew what lay out beyond the edge of our solar system back in those days. Pluto was unknown.
OMG! this is the best version
How can anyone 'dislike' this. Is it the composition or the performance? I wish they'd let us know- the trolls! It's SEW easy to just press the thumbs-down. Much more difficult to record it oneself! I've recorded Venus on the organ which is safe@the mo. But my four Parry&Bach-Busoni recordings have been similarly trolled. Which just so happen 2be my best performances?! It makes NO sense.
Belle art !
It gives almost the same feeling that The Bridge Wizardtorium
Thank you very much, Sarah! I'm enjoying making my videos. I just want people like them, like you do. Bye.
Goodbye, my home......
I hear a little of star trek, the motion picture in this, you know when they are entering the cloud? anyone else hear it?
yeah John Williams is very derivative you can also hear the Jaws theme in the New World Symphony
plagiarism, lack of creativity
This makes me think of the start of Alien.
@@Mdebacle I think the start of the Alien movie is actually directly inspired by Saturn the Bringer of Old Age, another piece in this suite
pozsoz Inspiration, the spark of creativity :)
Hear this on Mr. Robot, I loved how this track added so much to the scene, very suspenseful, I thought it was from John Williams.
John Williams copied The Planets as much as he could without making a clone.
Yes. Somebody finally said it!
Very fitting extraplanetary rendition by Von K and Berliner.
Always imagine it fading into the blackness of space at the end.
I don't see anyone mentioning E.T. Sounds like Williams consulted this piece to get the tone flavors for the opening music of that movie too.
I am alone, in the dark night, walking through a forest. Suddenly, I see a faint light. Are my eyes deceiving me? Getting closer, I see movement. A type of alien craft is in front of me, opening, very slowly in the clearing.. A stronger light starts to emerge from inside the craft, blinding me. Something starts to appear in front of me - I then wake up....
.....well, this is what I think of when I hear this anyway. Beautiful.
another bong hit needed
reminds me of Kubrick's 2001
This is a piece you should hear live so much more powerfull and beautiful!
I especially like the eufonium solo in the first movement(Mars,The Bringer of War)
*euphonium
+D Critchles Euphonium is a conical-bore ,baritone brass instrument.
Or is your comment on how i spelled euphonium?I used the Dutch spelling.
Hearing this, in one (if not THE ONE) of the most beatifuls and amazing moments in the S02 of Mr. Robot was mindblowing. If you like this song, and never watched Mr. Robot, do to you a favor and watch it at least until the S03E04 episode.
Beatiful. That's the only word that I can use to describe that.
Reminds me of the James Bond movie: You Only Live Twice.
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Mr. Robot
I HAD JUST BEEN LEARNING WHAT HUMANS CALL LOVE ! FAREWELL PLANET EARTH : (
this is probably my favorite movement from the planets after Jupiter.
Grab a tissue, this track is emotional. Sounds like some bumper music song from some radio talk show.
This part of the Planets by Holst's sounds like Hovhaness Symphony no 52 "Journey to Vega".
I love Neptune, I love her Purple
Why the F is there two adverts in the middle of such an amazing classical piece?
Totally ruins the flow.
So this is where Murdoc got his music in Pirate Radio. Mr Robot brought me here....
good god this is amazing. wtf.
1:42 - zero G, I feel fine... the capsule is turning around...
What instrument is making that eerie two-chord drone that starts at 5:52?
A harp... I think
Hidden singers
Late answer but those are two harps playing chords of harmonics, the same technique is used in parts of Venus, Saturn and Uranus as well
I’m unsure if you are talking about the harps or the flutes, because both are playing by then.
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It sounds like soundtrack of James Cameron „The Abyss"
Sounds a bit like the suite in Bespin, especially the begining (yes i know john williams took inspiration from the planets)
Reminds me of Harry Potter
It is somewhat reassuring that out of forty nine thousand and seventy eight people, there is only one arsehole who gave it a thumbs down!
home.
This is not worldly music,so that we don't expect to have a good time,cause this good one is reflection in all sense.
QUÉ MISTERIOSO ESTE ARREGLO...ME PREGUNTO CÓMO DON GUSTAV SE INSPIRÓ PARA CALAR HASTA EL ALMA CON SU MÚSICA.ME SIENTO MÁS ALLÁ DEL SISTEMA SOLAR ASÍ COMO UN EXOPLANETA O ALGUNA GALAXIA ES ALGO MUY EXTRAÑO PERO ME GUSTA
How dare they put a chav ad in the middle :-(
I feel like i'm in a Tim Burton film.
Neptune is gobsmacked
Why the F would yo put 2 ads in the middle of this piece? Jesus H Christ!
thank you. you remind me of a little greek girl on Sifnos
3:42
der neptun passt doch eher zu techno-sound, oder täusch ich mich? bin halt kein astrologe
1:57
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gordontrek you not right man
Desisto (habel)
Why do people bang on about Holst's work being plagiarised by the likes of John Williams.
Comparisons are odious, but if you must, then use someone more worthy of Holst like Stravinsky.
Zoo
:D
Austrian rather than English mysticism of course...
Zoo
3:41
Mr.Robot
Came for the same. It's awesome