![]() ![]() He subsequently scored the suite for full orchestra and wrote, “These pieces were suggested by the astrological significance of the planets. “Neptune,” however was written for a single organ, as the sound of the piano was considered too percussive to portray a world as mysterious and distant. Holst worked on The Planets between 19, and initially scored the work for two pianos, four hands. His colleague Clifford Bax had introduced Holst to astrology, a subject that would take hold in the composer’s imagination. “If he is a failure he stands a good chance of concentrating upon the best work of which he is capable.” Holst’s best work originated during a holiday in Majorca in the spring of 1913. ![]() “Every artist ought to pray that he may not be a success,” he wrote. Exhausted, Holst fell from the podium while conducting at the University of Reading in February of 1923. Publishers kept asking for revisions of his earlier pieces, and he conducted numerous concerts of his works. Holst had always wanted to be just a simple composer, but suddenly he was in great demand at various social functions and the press was haunting him for endless interviews and public appearances. However, this sudden fame came with a hefty price tag. Gustav Holst The Planets, a set of seven self-contained orchestral “mood pictures” portraying Earth’s neighbors in the solar system, propelled Gustav Holst to international prominence.
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