1ºA PRESENTS…

Gustav Holst•Gustav Holst was born in England in 1874•He attended the Royal College of Music, where he studied composition.•He worked as music teacher at some schools and colleges. •Holst composed almost 200 works, including operas, ballets and songs.•The Planets Suite is his most famous work. •Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character.•This composition was first performed in the autumn of 1918. •The Planets brought Holst fame and fortune.•Holst himself hated its popularity. He did not want to be associated with that one work alone.•He died in London, in 1934.

• It’s the 4th planet from the Sun. of the Solar System.

• Mars is a planet of rocky nature, and it is the most like Earth.

• It has got sandstorms formed at the beginning of the Martian spring, which are usually located at the North Pole of Mars.

• The rover for Mars exploration, Curiosity, has been launched on 26th November 2011 on an Atlas V rocket that took off from Cape Canaveral at 16:02.

MARS

Mars’ sandstorm Launch of

Curiosity robot.

• It’s the god of war and is Jupiter’s son.

• Before the war, people offered him sacrifices.

• He had two sons with Venus: Fuga and Timor ( Deimos and Phobos for the Greeks).

• Every five years a souvetaurillia was held. In this ceremony a pig, a sheep and a bull were sacrified in his honour.

Duration: 7.27 min. Tempo: Allegro. It’s the first movement of the suite.

Musical features: The quiet but menacing 5/4 in the beginning symbolizes gathering troops and mounting tension. When the full force of the fanfare is released, it is obviously symbolic of brutal war. It uses mainly brass instruments: trumpet, trombone, tromp, bassoon…

Other features:The unmistakable 5/4 pounding rhythm, euphonium's melodic solo, grinding minor chords.

Works: Star Wars “Imperial March” is said to be one of many modern day take-offs of Mars

•Venus is the roman goddess of love and beauty.•She was the roman version of the Greek Aphrodite and Etruscan turan.•Her cult began in Ardea and Lavinium, Latium.•On august 18, 293 BC, the first temple to her was built.

•The duration is of 9 minutes and 7 seconds.•The tempo is Adagio.•Venus is the second movement.•It symbolizes the calm after the storm.•The movement is peaceful and lovely.•It uses French horn, flutes and harp.There are also violin and oboe solos.

MERCURY• Mercury is a rocky planet.• This planet is 17.8 times bigger than

The Earth.• It’s the first planet of the Solar System

and the distance between Mercury and the Sun is 57.910.000 km.

• The first spacecraf to visit Mercury was Mariner 10.

Mercury• Mercury is a Roman god.• In the Greek religion,

Mercury is called Hermes.

• He’s the god of fighting, thieves, commerce and travelers.

• Mercury showed the way for dead souls to Pluto’s realm.

• This god wears winged hat and sandals and a caduceus.

Mercury,The Winger Messenger

• Duration: 3:21minutes and 191 seconds.

• Tempo: Allegro.• Order in the composition: 3rd

movement.• Musical features: It is the shortest movement,

It has very light and fast notes that go up and down in the musical scale as if they were flying.

Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.

It is the fifth planet from the Sun.

Jupiter is classified as a gas giant,because it is so large, and is made up mostly of gas.

The other gas giants are Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Jupiter is mostly composed of hydrogen and helium.

Duration: 8 minutes

Tempo: Allegro giocoso/andante maestoso

Orden in the composition: 3rd

Musical features: It symbolizes good nature.

It begins with very fast notes played by the violins.

It is probably the most popular movement of the planets. It has a majestic hymn like melody

in the middle.Jupiter has inspired many patriotic hymns in

Both England and America.

Jupiter,The Bringer of Jollity

Saturn • Saturn is the sixth

planet from the Sun and the second largest. It is made mostly of gas. Around Saturn there is a very large system of rings made of ice, rocks and dust.

SATURN•Saturn was a Roman god of agriculture and

harvest.• He is the Roman

form of the Greek god Cronus.

• The day Saturday and planet Saturn are

named after the Roman god.

Saturn The Bringer of Old Age

• Duration : 8 min 50 sec .

• Tempo : Adagio .

• Order in the composition : 4th .

• Musical features : A clock like sound ticks representing this God as the Father Time. It is a slow movement.It uses the low instruments of the orchestra : cello, double bass, trombone.

URANUS, THE MAGICIAN

• The duration is 6’ 14’’

• The tempo is allegro

• The order is Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

• Characteristics are:-again, chime affect over main melody

-regimental march heard throughout

 Uranus is a Greek God of the sky. In Roman mythology his equivalent was Caelus. The planet Uranus has got the same name as this god.Uranus is the son of the  Nyx. Uranus’s wife´s name is Gaia. The children of Uranus and Gaia are Titans, Cyclopes and Hecatonchires. Uranus has got also a daughter Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. Uranus gave his name to the most famous radioactive chemical element uranium.

Neptune (god of the sea)

Neptune, a Roman name

• In Greece, best known as Poseidon

• In Greek inluencies, Poseidon was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto

• Unlike the Greek Oceanus, titan of the world ocean, Neptune was associate as well with fresh water.

• Bad tempered.

Neptune (The Mystic)• Neptune is the eighth

planet from the Sun and the fourth largest (by diameter).

• In Roman mythology Neptune was the god of the Sea.

• In astrology, Neptune is considered a planet of dreams and spirituality.

Of all the movements this is the most “other worldly”.

The sliding pianissimo, and the wordless women’s choir make this a hypnotic, transporting ending to the suite.