Holst - The Planets


    Gustav Holst  (1874 - 1934)  English

          The Planets  (symphonic poem cycle, 1914 - 1917)  Play, 50 min

                The only highly popular Late Romantic work by an English composer.  It consists of 
        seven symphonic poems, one for each planet (except Earth), with each planet being given a 
        certain character  (e.g.  "Mars, the Bringer of War").