English composer Gustav Holst was born 142 years ago this week. To celebrate, we’re playing an organ transcription of his most popular work, The Planets.
Playlist
Title: Mars, The Bringer of War, Venus, The Bringer of Peace, Mercury, The Messenger, Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity, Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age, Uranus, The Magician
Composer: Gustav Holst
Organist: Peter Sykes
Album: The Planets – Raven OAR 380
Purchase CD
Organ: 1933 IV/106 EM Skinner, Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Sheetmusic: Purchase