The Planets - VII. Neptune, the Mystic - Gustav Holst
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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2017
- The Planets - VII. Neptune, the Mystic - Gustav Holst
Susanna Mälkki, Conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Elysian Singers
The Proms 2015
Royal Albert Hall, London
July 27, 2015
The flautist's 'stache is mystical
:D haha also his eyebrows
7:20 The best mustache to ever exist
You'd be fighting the urge to try and rip it off.
True ☺️
@@philippschwarzbach188 LITERALLY
IF YOU'RE GOING TO COUGH FOR A FULL TWO MINUTES JUST LEAVE UNTIL YOU'RE DONE
infuckingdeed
@Crepe Cake Yeah, it's crazy. I listen to another planet piece and at the very end, 30 people coughed at once once it was done.
I guess old people cough more.
@@Proud_Troll they should just drop honestly.
@@RainyToaster I know 💀
DO NOT COUGH DURING A FADE OUT ENDING FFFFFFFF
The ending fading out is perfect as it gives the illusion of not ending, much like space.
Also the last four movements of the piece are arranged in the same order as the planets actually occur in terms of their distance from earth. So it's like you are traveling to the extremities of the solar system, and at the very end you are leaving the solar system and the view of Neptune is fading away (hence the music gets softer). Holst is an absolute genius
I’m pretty sure the meaning of life is found somewhere in this heavenly piece of music
Ha ha, you think just like me except I usually say that hidden within the notes of this piece lie the answers to the universe. What a fantastic sound, it's only fault is it's not long enough. I want to be enveloped in it's mystical heavenly sounds for much much longer.
5:45
you're welcome
@@joshuacorbin221 For me, it's 5:25 - 5:51. The perfect balance of harmony and tension. 💓
Most of The Planets work best as Roman gods, but this captures my space imagination completely. I hear this piece as Voyager 2 arriving at Neptune after its spectacular trip. Lots of tension before the difficult encounter, then the choir introduces the profound wonder of the revelation. Then, after a brief visit, the Mystic giant recedes and the probe will never see any planet ever again.
That's good as far as it goes, but all this astronomical association with The Planets misses the Big Point - these Planets are evoking the astrological - mystical quality of these energies.
@@KarlRKaiser Yes, but the only planet to be named after a Greek god was Uranus. This is the Latin version of Ouranos, the Greek god of the sky; Caelus was his name in Roman mythology. Still, why is it that many people don’t know that astrology influenced the suite?
@@Jeremiah_Rivers76 Two reasons, imo. First if one simply does not know the astrological character of the energies of the planets and the mythical figures associated with them then we miss how that is expressed in the character of the movements of this suite.
Secondly, many people who see themselves as scientifically minded have a materialistic bias against the energetic aspect of reality, including its psychic and deeper mystical aspects. So they only see the planets as rocks in space. For example, there have been musical concerts at some science museums and concert halls where the orchestra plays The Planets while a movie or slide show of astronomical images is played. But why not a slide show of ancient Greek and Roman gods, or other fantastical art portraying these figures? That would be more inspiring and more "to the point".
@@KarlRKaiser Not bad. I think you just gave me an idea about creating a slideshow about the planets. Come to think of it, after I go over their astronomical information and roles in mythology, I could discuss their astrological representation and play ua-cam.com/play/PLbPnu_ZaPDk2GHEVs06qwGdGK9dRRFUye.html, a rearranged version the suite as performed by the Sir Charles Mackerras-conducted Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with some extra tracks. If I were to do that, it'd make sense to skip "Earth," "Ceres," "Haumea," "Makemake," and "Eris." As for your "rocks in space" point, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are quite rocky, despite Earth's Blue Planet nickname. Jupiter and Saturn are gas giants because hydrogen and helium mainly comprise them. Uranus and Neptune have an abundance of heavier elements. Thanks to this, they fit under the ice giant mantle. Just a little information for your consideration.
@@Jeremiah_Rivers76 I'm aware of the gas giant status of the outer planets, and was wondering recently whether they have any solid cores. I realized this when I said "rocks", but I needed to be glib ;-)
one of the best pieces I have ever heard... I come back to listen every one in a while. Especially the ending.
...the Truth....
@@jazzfusioner9840 The first fade out ever!
Yes the ending especially it always gives me chills. And Neptune is coming together with Jupiter exactly on April 12. This means we are being flooded with light… Very spiritual time
This has always been my favourite passage of music. Makes my hair stand on end, and brings tears to my eyes every time.
Truth....
Thank you for this post!
Mee to. This piece is the nearest I come to a religious experience. The answers are there, in that piece, I'm tearing up now ;)
Same here. It's hypnotizing and mesmerizing to me. Interestingly enough, I don't think it's brought me to tears before reading your comment. I can imagine being in orbit above Neptune or surveying a fantastical ice covered planet (vibes of Hoth from The Empire Strikes Back🥽). The Planets, including this selection, is obviously such a huge inspiration for John Williams. Another piece that affects me similarly is The Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Seans.
@@kylewinward8847 actually you need to associate it with the astrological point of view of Neptune. Neptune in astrology is the mystic planet associated with water, sea, depth of emotion, spiritual and also mystical zodiac sign of Pisces. So it's that kind of quality aimed by Holst, at that time, he doesn't even know that neptune is a gaseous blue planet, let alone Pluto which has not been discovered
How many of you were thinking….. “stop coughing!! Take a cough drop!!….” 🤣
That choir will never NOT be amazing.... :)
i turned my volume all the way up for that ending,
the applause nearly knocked me out of my seat.
such an incredible ending to one of the greatest works of all time.
Absolutely love that pause between phrases from the singers at the end - it sounds like an echo. Hadn't heard it that way until I heard this performance.
Likely done with purpose by Holst to replicate the infinite space of the ocean or unknown universe. Incredibly enigmatic and ominous, with no identifiable end in sight.
It's a little ironic that after demoting Pluto from planet status, we're right back to Holst's original roll call of the planets! :)
Not Only Is The Planets about the planets themselves and astrology but Gustav Holst also wrote this suite with the idea of life from the beginning of a huge moment till the end of a chapter with the Choir ending Neptune as you pass on to the next life.
The silence she holds at the end is absolute perfection...
I'm quite positive someone coughed up their left lung at 1:34
Ling Ling 40 Hours!!!
Haunting. This is my favorite selection of The Planets.
i know my classical music and as far as i can comprehend, this piece of music is the purest form of metaphysics and imagination that I know.
Literally transports you to another world
This music will sometimes float through the hollow halls of my mind as I’m thinking about nothing.
I seem to go into a trance haha, mind wonders freely.
Well played.
Mesmerizing. After listening to this piece for many years, it is a sweet gift to witness the intensity of concentration of the musicians and conductor. And what a treat, not to be able to see the singers, and only wonder where they are in the darkness of Royal Albert Hall.
Incredible writing. I’m just sitting here crying. It truly amazes me what is achievable through music and I always think that it’s the greatest gift ever given from anyone or anything on this planet. I just wish the idea that classical music is for nerds only disappears because so many people are missing out on unique experiences that I genuinely think change the way you think.
I’m a black teenager and love Holst and classical/ film music but I get so much weird looks when I say I do, so many stereotypes for us to not like music like this. This to me is one of the greatest pieces of work ever.
@@ryuxfx52 I was the typical suburban white skater kid as a teen. I've always loved classical and I was very into film music. I'm sure it wasn't the same looks that you got, but believe me, people thought I was weird AF. Thanks for sharing!
The whole suite from the adrenaline filled dark angry Mars, to the very royal sounding Jupiter to the absolutely superb and out of this world finale of Neptune is an amazing performance. Mars draws you in and keeps you firmly in your place lusting after more and then at the end of Neptune you are left hanging wanting more… and more…
Where is the choir? Wherever the heck the singers are it makes it all the more ethereal. And that long wait at the end is the icing on the cake; watching the conductor just breathing there is amazing-without any noise from the audience!
Holst intended the voices to be placed off stage in an adjoining room, the door of which was to be left open until the very last bar when the instruments stop and only the voices are heard repeating the final two chords over and over while the door is slowly closed.
www.globalorchestra.com/neptune/
The audience even stopped coughing for that moment!
I saw a concert with the planets yesterday and the singers were under the stage to make it sound more like they were on a different planet.
read the score by Holst, choir is hidden off stage with a sub-conductor keeping them together.
when i did the choir part with the Imperial Symphony Orchestra in Lakeland, Florida, there was a hallway that the wings connected to, and we just walked away from the microphones and through the hallway
I found where Harry Potters theme got its inspiration
Correct, Williams didn't have an original idea in his head.
David Trainer I think really that’s okay, if anything being able to build off of someone else’s idea is just as good as making your own, especially if you’re able to turn it into your own idea
@@robbieh.4116
John williams great because of gustav holst
@@foveauxbear JW's derivative, compose-by-numbers pap does zero for me.
@@robbieh.4116 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
the cough concerto => fff
while this movement => ppp
It really was fortississississimo lol
Ethereal. Simply one of the best, clearest, most informative recordings ever heard or seen of Neptune, and now am going back to revisit the other Planets in this BBC Prom performance. Superbly played and recorded, this is a modern classic version.
Will release piano solo versions of all Holst's Planets suite (including Neptune, in a version also as long and trippy as this). Those interested, visit my free channel where all recordings can be found in future.
The most mysterious and wondrous version I heard was the original conducted by the composer himself. But this one is very clear.
This melody is my tranquilizer
There are more than one or two phrases and motifs here that wouldn't sound out of place in John Williams' chilling and eerie soundtrack of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Listen to Vaughan-Williams (who was also a main companion of Holst) Symphony No.4, and I think you may have the lot. Glue it all together, and you have the 1977 soundtrack.
The 1977 film stands up well today. I think it stands up better today, than it did then. It was viewed as science fiction then.
Gustav Holst(1874-1934) is my Favourite composer for Symphony Orchestra. Amazing music!
Flute mustache....very cool!
Neptune le mystique je l'ai aimé le jour même ou je l'ai écouté plus de 💯 fois une balade mystique
Wonderful, transformative, a journey through space...
This sound was emulated by science fiction movie composers throughout the 20th century
Andrew Gilham Alien (1979) for sure
Star Trek
Justin C just thought that as I was listening to
Absolutely! All Harry Potter films, all StarWars films... so many.
Andrew Gilham Bernard Herrmann-Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1959).
The first 23 seconds of this really sounds like Birth of the Twins & Padme's Destiny from the Revenge of the Sith soundtrack
Right, It’s well known that John Williams is inspired by Holsts planets for Star Wars, but some moments I swear to god he recycles and stamps his name on it haha
Medical drone: Boobah booobah
Fun fact: did you know George Lucas originally wanted the Star Wars opening theme to be "Mars, the Bringer of War?"
They did the ending properly. She didn't rush it, and most importantly we didn't hear the choir stop singing, well not on this video anyway, it's a terribly quiet recording. If the audience clapping had been cut off it would have been perfect.
i dont like these kinda comments when i read them but, seriously, is/isn't this the best music ever?
In HG Well's novel The Time Machine, the time traveller escapes the Morlocks and races into the future. He blacks out, but when he awakes and stops the time machine, the world he sees is a dying one. The sun, a dull purple, no longer shines on a green and pleasant land. A dark sea surrounds a dull sandy shoreline, no trees or any signs of life other than a few grotesque creatures flopping in the sand. It is the end of earth, her final death throes, the sun gradually fading to a nothingness. This music is perfect for the end of our earth.
We need more female conductors
Why does it matter what gender they are
how do you know the conductor is a female?
don't asume the gender . its 2021 ffs
@@thebanished87 Don't assume you know everything. And... RELAX!!!
Then they should go for it. No one’s gatekeeping the profession. But whatever keeps you perpetually outraged, I guess.
Absolutely stunning...
A great performance of a favorite of mine. I also recommend the organ version.
Near the end around mid 8:00 I feel like it was a call luring me closer to something majestic
A magnificent, dream-fed experience!
女声合唱がよく響いていて聞こえやすいですね。
子供の頃、惑星といえば『木星』と『火星』が好きだったんだけど、いい大人になった今は『海王星』が心癒やされて好きです。
最後の女声合唱は美しすぎてため息も出ません。
演奏の最後にソリストとか指揮者が指名して奏者が拍手を受けるんだけど、女声合唱の人たちは舞台裏（バンダ）で歌っているから、最後まで『陰の人』なんだよね。
Omg when the Ladie's Chorus comes in...❤❤❤
Simply magnificent.
why does everyone cough uncontrolably
Bad parenting.
If you do this security should escort you to a soundproof execution room
@@cheekychicken8606 right?
@@2legit811 so annoying trying to listen and then you hear some dickhead cough
It's an odd phenomena- they wouldn't be coughing listening to this at home- think about it, how often do you cough while normally listening to music when you're in a healthy state? If you have a cough, stay home. If you're coughing out of boredom or an inability to sit still and focus, maybe classical concerts are not for you. It drives me crazy.
Excellent.
And the silence at the end ❤
Can you imagine being in the RAH after that. How could you sleep that night?
Neptune et Saturne reste mes préférés
Where is the choir??
the score states the choir should be kept hidden from the audience for an alien and otherworldly effect
Oh, right. I assumed that was only a short-lived tradition when the composition was new. I figured people would be tossing it now, in favor of the choir members getting credit.
@@ObiWanBillKenobiI guess that's a fair assumption to make
The fade out ending was great. APART FROM THAT ONE ANNOYING PERSON WHO DECIDED "YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA COUGH AND RUIN THE VIBES :D"
9:19 onwards...why do people always need to cough during quiet moments? Is this a weird tradition? If you've got a cough, stay home! The recording will forever be stained by the beautiful fade-out being haunted by a series of 'random' coughs...
just cough during mars or uranus lol.
Absolutely annoying, for sure. People tend to feel the need to cough at the most inappropriate moments in classical music, it's an odd phenomena- they wouldn't be coughing listening to this at home- think about it, how often do you cough while normally listening to music when you're in a healthy state? If you have a cough, stay home. If you're coughing out of boredom or an inability to sit still and focus, maybe classical concerts are not for you. It drives me crazy.
maybe it's because you don't notice the coughs as much when it's loud ? Just a thought
I love how they put a bust of the composer on display at the RAH.
"Maybe I should take the job at All Safe... I could be a Trojan horse."
Cough cough bloody cough
Attention seekers... I am afraid/sure of....so rife since about 10 years at important live concerts/jazz gigs....
Happens at most live performances, unfortunately!
Siren's Voices
1:51- B; Saturn
4:24- C Vocals
5:53- D
7:05- E Trmlo
7:32- Haaaaaaaaa 9:29
Coughs are the meteorites that hit Neptune
I was listening to abc classic fm and i thought i heard a gustaf song the planets and then 4 days later it actually was this song
Where are the singers located in the hall?
according to Holst's directions, hidden from the audience in an adjacent room
wow
Perfect 1:19
I hear some Journey To The Center Of The Earth in this piece. Bernard Herrmann borrowed from this piece!!’
9:23 STOP FUCKING COUGHING
where does the choir stand ?
They’re in an adjoining room just off the stage, so when they get to the final measure, or note group, the door is slowly closed, making a fade-out ending.
THE CHOIR PART IS PLAYBACK. WHAT A PITY!
nope. the choir is hidden to give an otherworldly effect.
7:54 Why is there one guy watching over the entire orchestra
It’s the bust of Sir Henry Wood, a conductor who was well associated with BBC Proms.
@@tpaealio the guy standing behind the bust
@@ak0829 I’m guessing it’s just the organist waiting for his part.
Man, I couldn't watch Planet VI, because Naxos claimed the video for no reasonable reason, I mean it's not even the orchestra the algorithm thinks it is. And you have no option to complain about it without having to lie as "incorrect marking" is no option you can choose. UA-cam really should change something about that. I gave that feedback twice to UA-cam already but nothing happens.
4:30
Amazing but I found the older gentleman's dandruff distracting 😉
Any other band nerds here that want to learn this???
i think this piece kinda inspires harry potter's music
I fell like it would be soundtrack for a Disney or Studio Ghibli’s movie
Okay, who's been coughing throughout this entire thing.
I'm only here for replay at five minutes fourty five
5:50 entrance of SSA voices
Seriously, principal clarinet? You're going to take a breath in the middle of that phrase?? Jeeesh.
cavalier9915 if you are referring to 5:05. where do you suggest the breath be taken?
I think he/she's referring to 5:18
Some peoples' lungs aren't as big as others, I can hold a not up till about 40ish seconds
Sample 0:43 and 0:58
The coughing 😭
6/3/13
why is there nonstop coughing 😭😭 its so beautiful otherwise
Anyone else here for music class in school?
holding a cough is hard,
holding a baton and conducting an orchestra in front of hundreds of people is harder.
don't cough in orchestras,
at least just cough during uranus or mars.
is that a bill wurtz character I see there
@@play3r.wav. it sure is.
damien maymden is the name, eating blades of grass is my game.
@@oliverdiamond6594 nice!
in that case, do you happen to know why everything is so dumb and stupid?
Cough concerto
That inconsiderate cougher kept coughing throughout the intro, my favorite part! 😤
If women didn't wear such overbearingly powerful perfume nobody would be coughing. It does my head in when I'm in a crowd. Some of that stuff is like inhaling paint fumes.
Truly the best conclusion to be drawn from this video
@@EpreTroll thanks Mr tick
LOL. Why’d you have to blame it on women?!?!?! (I agree🤫🤫🤫)
Foxtrot Oscar
@@Venomboy-rr6ch who else would willingly spray nut sack juice in their face ? As you were.
Mr Robot
A beautiful performance, but spoiled by all the coughing. Mabey a cough medicine should be administered before the performance begins.
Jk
dang can everyone stop coughing so damn much
That dont look like social distancing to me
Yes, those were the good old days! The end is nigh!
Don’t understand the amusement ;-; I have to listen to this for music class 😐
ur a loser
@@yasiforooghi nah, I just don’t waste my time watching things like this. I have better things to do in my life 😀
@@ipojax loser
@@yasiforooghi nah, said the person with one subscriber. Go get a life mate instead of crooning to this trash 😂
Music like this is all about the textures it uses and how that affects your imagination. It's less like a story and more like a painting.
very bad
Bernard Herrmanns Twilight Zone theme
Not a single shot of the choir! WTF!!!! Or worse still, it was prerecorded! OMFG! Why not hide the orchestra from the audience and MAKE IT REALLY MYSTICAL?!
Holst directs the choir to be in a seperate adjacent room to the orchestra, hidden from the audience's view
Originally the choir is meant to be hidden in a different room to add to the mysticism of it all
4:09