The Planets - V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age - Gustav Holst

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  • The Planets - V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age - Gustav Holst
    Susanna Mälkki, Conductor
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    The Proms 2015
    Royal Albert Hall, London
    July 27, 2015

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  • @historywatchdog2923
    @historywatchdog2923 Рік тому +76

    Saturn is my most favorite movement of The Planets. It's powerful, yet not bombastic as others, yet also underappreciated. It truly is one of the most beautiful movements of the entire suite.

    • @tuipaopao
      @tuipaopao 10 місяців тому +3

      Gustav Holst himself also stated that this is his favourite movement.

    • @jansalomin
      @jansalomin 9 місяців тому +3

      This and Neptune are the best

    • @historywatchdog2923
      @historywatchdog2923 9 місяців тому

      @@tuipaopao I know.

    • @user-xb4bu1wq4v
      @user-xb4bu1wq4v 6 місяців тому +3

      This an unforgettable musical masterpiece! It was Holsts favourite. No one could have written this but Gustav Holst. It doesn't sound like anyone else. It's brilliant.

  • @danneharvey2600
    @danneharvey2600 4 роки тому +124

    I’m convinced that 7:43 to the end is what greets you at the gates of Heaven. Pure beauty.

    • @lloppy1
      @lloppy1 4 роки тому +10

      And just before it too with the harp interlude! I've always considered the harps to be the moment when you "see" the gates, and when the woodwinds kick in its when you start moving towards them

    • @josjanssen6733
      @josjanssen6733 Рік тому +1

      And I always have the terrifying picture in my head from 5:48 on of the nuclear Armageddon..... The picture of the sirens in The Time Machine.

    • @lukeslark
      @lukeslark Рік тому +2

      Hopefully not with those two loud coughs to usher you through...

    • @thebayjay
      @thebayjay Рік тому +2

      If you know Jesus as savior yes 😊

    • @Halberds6
      @Halberds6 5 місяців тому

      ​@@lukeslark the coughs are from the people who died of disease

  • @tnator3542
    @tnator3542 5 років тому +84

    Regardless whether it was based on astrology or astronomy, what I take away from this magnificent masterpiece is the way it touches my emotions.
    A space drifter pulled into the gravity trap of the Solar system. As his ship approaches the Lord of the Rings, he can't help but become in awe at the planet's mysterious look that strikes fear in his heart.
    After having explored the planet long enough, he decides it's time for him to leave.
    As he exerts his ship's impulse to depart, he feels overwhelmed. His impression has been altered. He approached in fear, but departs with appreciation of this celestial body's beauty and awesomeness.

    • @kylemerryman2074
      @kylemerryman2074 5 років тому +1

      Tori nator your description reminds me of 2001 a space odyssey. Just rewatched it for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. It’s a great pairing with The Planets!

    • @anibalcesarnishizk2205
      @anibalcesarnishizk2205 4 роки тому +1

      Admiration and fear,together.I liked what you expressed.

    • @everwildforever
      @everwildforever 2 роки тому +3

      Holst was also a gifted astrologer. He even captured the seriousness of the first and second Saturn returns. And the calm after the storm of enduring Lord Karma's lessons.

    • @dinowithwings9936
      @dinowithwings9936 2 роки тому +2

      This comment deserves more likes…smh

  • @roddydodjr
    @roddydodjr 6 років тому +84

    C Major Chord from the lows is so good it makes me want to cry 8:38

    • @Jointlock
      @Jointlock 4 роки тому +6

      OMG DeeJay....we must be brothers from another mother.....you read my mind

    • @RaspySquares
      @RaspySquares Місяць тому

      It swells from the soul.

  • @aydenrozzelle7691
    @aydenrozzelle7691 Рік тому +16

    5:18- 6:00, I like to think of someone clinging on their last bit of life, with the bells signaling the grim reaper getting ever closer.

    • @xtremenortherner
      @xtremenortherner Місяць тому

      Hey I'm 69 years old...,a lot of people my age or younger have passed away in their sleep..., or are stricken suddenly! I was 25yrs old once, "hip" and looking forward to what life brings.
      A quote from Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carole" is very relevant...,"there is never enough time to do all the things we wish..., and then suddenly, you're not there anymore!"

  • @puuxexil
    @puuxexil 5 років тому +55

    5:17 , Susanna feeling them tri-tone chords that have inspired so much metal music.

  • @celadonk
    @celadonk 6 років тому +136

    Holy moly there is so much coughing in the audience. Great performance tho. Love the bass oboe.

    • @ljkoch99
      @ljkoch99 3 роки тому +20

      Coughing in the audience would be a "no bueno" nowadays.

    • @Degjoy
      @Degjoy 3 роки тому +26

      Maybe it was Saturn that made them cough; "the bringer of old age"!

    • @twosetviolinfan4047
      @twosetviolinfan4047 3 роки тому +1

      Holy moly.....humm.... Twosetter.....

    • @celadonk
      @celadonk 3 роки тому +1

      @@twosetviolinfan4047 what?

    • @twosetviolinfan4047
      @twosetviolinfan4047 3 роки тому

      @@celadonk ohh you aren't twosetter.....bruh....🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @Poopchute
    @Poopchute 4 роки тому +34

    Every time I watch the crew of the Nostromo descend upon an alien planet I can’t help but think of this wonderful ominous song.

  • @claricenet
    @claricenet 3 роки тому +30

    i'd love to play this at my funeral

    • @PhillipCheah
      @PhillipCheah 3 роки тому +2

      I as well!

    • @johna7564
      @johna7564 Рік тому +6

      You mean have it played at your funeral? 😂

    • @tuipaopao
      @tuipaopao 10 місяців тому +6

      @@johna7564 The music is so good OP rises from the dead just to play it.

    • @xanyeeast
      @xanyeeast 5 місяців тому +3

      jumps out of casket and whips out trombone

    • @Northstar-Media
      @Northstar-Media 4 місяці тому +1

      Now, that would be worth watching 👀

  • @ngl_im_hella_bored9819
    @ngl_im_hella_bored9819 3 роки тому +18

    Gustav Holst made a beautiful piece that is elegant but hard hitting

  • @steviejd5803
    @steviejd5803 5 місяців тому +4

    Without doubt, one of the most serene cadences in our stunning Western canon.

  • @xethlorien4736
    @xethlorien4736 4 роки тому +30

    I'd love to see more bass oboe in the music world. One of my favorites.

  • @ShockzG5
    @ShockzG5 Рік тому +16

    Holst could WRITE

  • @personperson5456
    @personperson5456 2 роки тому +12

    As an oboist I have always wanted to have a bass oboe and I think that they are beautiful

    • @seth094978
      @seth094978 2 роки тому +3

      How would that be different from a bassoon? Forgive my ignorance.
      Edit: I looked it up and I see that it is an octave higher than bassoon, filling a gap in the double reed family. Very cool. As a euphonium (tenor tuba) player I feel sympathy for the other middle pitch instruments that are so often forgotten.

    • @SiliconBassist
      @SiliconBassist Рік тому +1

      Criminally underrated and underutilized instrument

  • @whoe_whate8487
    @whoe_whate8487 7 місяців тому +3

    Those striding string bass lines are just SO powerful and majestic!

  • @goliathprojects7354
    @goliathprojects7354 3 роки тому +16

    6:39 My favorite part

    • @richardhembree5784
      @richardhembree5784 3 роки тому +4

      That part straight to the end of the movement is my favorite section of the entire suite and has been since I discovered this music in 2004. The Simon Rattle version with the City of Birmingham Orchestra executes the beauty of this section the best I think.

  • @jimmylieb5225
    @jimmylieb5225 9 місяців тому +4

    OMG! 6:44 through to the end!! Ethereal bliss.

  • @tomab17
    @tomab17 3 роки тому +12

    The end of this piece of music is so mesmerizing and profound, quiet, peace and purposed.

  • @SohamShivoham
    @SohamShivoham 2 роки тому +7

    Lord Saturn, You are The Silent, Calm & Peaceful Saint. The Navy Blue Airy Aura of yours is humongous & over whelming. Being bestowed with unlimited power, you are still so humble. You are Shiva, the supreme self. I surrender to you. Bestow your ever lasting grace & wisdom on me.

    • @xtremenortherner
      @xtremenortherner Рік тому

      The Lord God & His Son Jesus Christ, with the illuminating Holy Spirit..., they/is the supreme self!
      (Saturn the planet is just a lifeless rock orbiting the sun..., Holst was merely inspired by the astrological "character" of each planet...,)

  • @nelsonsalazar6290
    @nelsonsalazar6290 4 роки тому +13

    This is a magnificient music.

  • @stewartfiol9620
    @stewartfiol9620 27 днів тому

    Music that frees your mind from the shackles of every day life 🙏❤️

  • @plutossky7534
    @plutossky7534 3 роки тому +10

    This sounds like boss music and I'm loving it

  • @whyamisad5740
    @whyamisad5740 2 роки тому +9

    When I was a lil kid, this very peace scared me.
    I don't quite know why, but I guess it sounds so...severe?

    • @bluebee5266
      @bluebee5266 2 роки тому +5

      The meaning of Saturn in astrology and mythology is Severity. Saturn is the harsh taskmaster and the Lord of Death.

    • @Palafico3
      @Palafico3 4 місяці тому +1

      @@bluebee5266and yet very nurturing if approached from the right angle. Saturn is the planet of Limitation, and its limits that make things in life special, and why time is so precious. It’s a beautiful thing in its own right, and it speaks to a truth that death is a good thing, that there’s a time for everything.

  • @me_is_hobo
    @me_is_hobo 3 роки тому +10

    I know what I'm playing at my funeral

  • @lapislazers2373
    @lapislazers2373 3 роки тому +11

    fun fact: the beginning of saturn is in B Locrian

    • @alexreaper9822
      @alexreaper9822 3 роки тому +1

      Hahahahha

    • @moritzrein2907
      @moritzrein2907 Рік тому +2

      I guess you mean B super locrian because of the D sharp as the third degree of the scale.

    • @lapislazers2373
      @lapislazers2373 Рік тому

      ​@@moritzrein2907 yes that is very true.

  • @Catloverplayer
    @Catloverplayer Рік тому +3

    If you've ever seen the planets the second part of this song is where Voyager is departing Saturn.

  • @nicholasprakash3411
    @nicholasprakash3411 6 місяців тому

    I love watching symphony orchestras play, especially the conductors.

  • @williamkao5381
    @williamkao5381 5 років тому +22

    1:38 *CODUSHANX-COUGH*
    1:55
    2:51

    • @j0hnn4
      @j0hnn4 3 роки тому +1

      they can tell the future and that was the warning

  • @lougiovannetti3612
    @lougiovannetti3612 7 місяців тому

    The beauty of this and all the planets of this composition is soulfully exhilarating

  • @jemmace2586
    @jemmace2586 3 роки тому +2

    Just beautiful.

  • @diegoortegadod
    @diegoortegadod 3 роки тому +4

    8:32 till the end is the best part

  • @vinnym6734
    @vinnym6734 Рік тому +2

    I guess I’ve never realized how often people cough in general until hearing them attend a concert setting hahahaha!

    • @jimmylieb5225
      @jimmylieb5225 9 місяців тому

      and aboard a full flight!😵‍💫😳

  • @NikolaosSkordilis
    @NikolaosSkordilis 3 роки тому +2

    Bravo! Great execution ladies and gentlemen!

  • @nickwright6034
    @nickwright6034 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent.

  • @SohamShivoham
    @SohamShivoham 2 роки тому +1

    The Ending is Beautiful

  • @hobbyart364
    @hobbyart364 Місяць тому

    since we were able to publish this on youtube, I believe the sky is the limit for us

  • @bryanmbadi2157
    @bryanmbadi2157 4 роки тому +9

    Saturn bring the old age

  • @emmasverden2751
    @emmasverden2751 3 роки тому +1

    i love it

  • @user-im7fi1oz1e
    @user-im7fi1oz1e 7 місяців тому

    So good

  • @philippschwarzbach188
    @philippschwarzbach188 4 роки тому +5

    Nice and gooseprickling Interpretation....but on 5:00 and consecutive ..damn! the guys on timpani should hit with more power in Doublepack ...But there the Animation of the conductor is to less. It must be a shock to feel the coming of the age and the deathly end!!!

  • @aeroplano111
    @aeroplano111 5 років тому +9

    Bass oboe!!

  • @-lunaplayz-4437
    @-lunaplayz-4437 5 місяців тому +1

    I'm sorry but at 5.44 I really thought that was george cooper from young sheldon

  • @AbhiraajRC
    @AbhiraajRC 4 роки тому +2

    The Yards

  • @beeswarmmvp1806
    @beeswarmmvp1806 3 роки тому +3

    TECH SUPPORT IS LIFE TECH SUPPORT IS THE BEST

    • @beeswarmmvp1806
      @beeswarmmvp1806 3 роки тому

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    • @arnavdharadhar5198
      @arnavdharadhar5198 3 роки тому

      Bruh...

  • @threethrushes
    @threethrushes 2 роки тому +3

    Strong Alien score vibes from the off.

  • @lawrencebrown8161
    @lawrencebrown8161 Рік тому +3

    Everytime her hair flips I can't help but think about the great composer bug bunny

    • @xtremenortherner
      @xtremenortherner Рік тому +1

      LOL, your comment made me think about the Bugs Bunny cartoon where he's wearing a tux & the orchestra members are whispering "Leopold!"(Wonder if young people today would get the reference to
      "Il Maestro Stokowski"...,the conductor in Disney's Fantasia movie.)

    • @lawrencebrown8161
      @lawrencebrown8161 Рік тому

      @@xtremenortherner a classsic lol

  • @Alexis-d2g
    @Alexis-d2g 21 день тому

    7:21 it sounds like you accept peace

  • @richardpaxford5792
    @richardpaxford5792 Рік тому

    Reminds me of the stair case scenes in the movie: "A matter of life and death".

  • @ljkoch99
    @ljkoch99 3 роки тому +6

    this reminds me of cinderella for some reason...

  • @justinweisberg1634
    @justinweisberg1634 3 місяці тому

    1:22 bass oboe!!

  • @oliverdiamond6594
    @oliverdiamond6594 9 місяців тому

    4:37 sounds loud and quiet at the same time.

  • @bryanmbadi2157
    @bryanmbadi2157 4 роки тому +5

    6/3/13

  • @laylaxcx2071
    @laylaxcx2071 4 роки тому +2

    0:39

  • @rosaramos6311
    @rosaramos6311 9 місяців тому

    5:34 starts a ghostly funeral march and 9:30 a seranade to accepting our mortal fate

  • @smileygigi-usedtobegigisre319
    @smileygigi-usedtobegigisre319 3 роки тому +5

    yeah there is a lot of coughing must be quite serious lol

  • @princekatchafire9104
    @princekatchafire9104 4 роки тому +6

    Bass oboe and no alto flute? Really?

    • @xethlorien4736
      @xethlorien4736 4 роки тому +4

      The gentleman at 0:33 is playing alto.

    • @Yello96486
      @Yello96486 4 місяці тому

      there is an alto flute! :) (I played the bass oboe part to this and there was an alto flute player to my right)

  • @ailincq
    @ailincq 3 роки тому +2

    Gundham tanaka

  • @rocktibayan
    @rocktibayan 2 роки тому +2

    Those coughs 😆

  • @cedriccapou2973
    @cedriccapou2973 9 місяців тому

    Le vieille art

  • @enderhiro5655
    @enderhiro5655 2 місяці тому

    9:00 imperial march

  • @giuseppelogiurato5718
    @giuseppelogiurato5718 7 місяців тому

    Pretty good for having been filmed in a tuberculosis ward...
    "COUGH COUGH (music) COUGH COUGH"...

  • @gipbwok2008
    @gipbwok2008 3 роки тому +2

    Just seems like typical classical music to me: no catchy melodies, random loud parts, random quiet parts, no apparent tempo.... Basically musical psychosis.

    • @andreiloas
      @andreiloas 3 роки тому +23

      It's not supposed to be "catchy" - you have Taylor Swift and her likes for that. This is about feeling and and finding your place in the universe.

    • @GJYYNGII
      @GJYYNGII 3 роки тому +17

      This is classical music, not pop music. It's not supposed to have a catchy Melody. You're completely missing the whole point of this genre of music.

    • @Progbassist
      @Progbassist 3 роки тому +9

      If you are looking for more "tempo". I suggest you to get familiar with Bach or Beethoven(especially his piano music). I'm sure that's a good place to start, then eventually you will hopefully dwelve deeper into classical music and see pieces like this enjoyable and less psychotic..

    • @dopaminecloud
      @dopaminecloud Рік тому +6

      You need to listen to more music if you got lost on something like this lol. There's very little random here.

    • @gipbwok2008
      @gipbwok2008 Рік тому

      Wow, it's pathetic that you repliers are telling me how to interpret music, which is subjective. It must be convenient to be a classical music composer since you can write any random piece of gibberish and people like you defend it as being mood music or "finding your place in the universe" 😂😊🤣. Try not to be so indoctrinated and condescending of opinions that differ from yours.

  • @laylaxcx2071
    @laylaxcx2071 4 роки тому +2

    1:10