So, who here has listened to this suite by Gustav Holst? What are your favorite planets?
1. Saturn (you can hear the midlife crisis) 2. Neptune 3. Venus 4. Uranus 5. Mercury 6. Jupiter 7. Mars (suffers from overuse)
[ January 05, 2007, 12:27 PM: Message edited by: Earendil18 ]
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
I like Jupiter, actually. Though Mars is still very cool. We marched a Holst show in college, actually.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
We played a band arrangement of Jupiter once. It was a blast.
There's a reason why Mars is overused, and it's not because it sucks.
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
I forgot Jupiter! (edit)
No, Mars isn't overused because it sucks, it sucks because it's overused. It's a great piece. Everyone from John Williams to Hans Zimmer have taken from it. I'd just like the rest of the planets performed more often, because IMO they are just as good as Mars in their own way.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
I'm glad no one's mentioned Pluto, since that chunk of rock no longer deserves a song in a suite of songs about planets.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
What an evil laugh. O.O
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
Jupiter, most definitely. Cool kettledrum part.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
John Williams took more from Holst than just bits of Mars. Go grab the Star Wars soundtrack for Eps 4-6 and compare to pretty much any of the Planets.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Jupiter was fun, we played it in band. I also think I liked Uranus and Mercury, but I haven't listened to them in a long time.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
We played it too, Porter, back in band I mean. Actually, it was my first orchestra experience. Until I played that, I'd always been in wind/percussion band only. Back in my junior high, there was band and there was orchestra, but for some reason the two weren't mingled except for a few specific things.
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I was always a fan of Jupiter...but I can honestly say I love `em all. They're all in my shuffle mix, with none rated higher or lower than the rest.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Actually, Rakeesh, this was an arrangement of Jupiter for brass, woodwind, and percussion.
In fact, my favorite band pieces, like Pictures at an Exibition, were adapted orchestral pieces.
Posted by Tstorm (Member # 1871) on :
Pluto IS my favorite PLANET. Partly because it was discovered by a Kansan, Clyde Tombaugh.
I'm also quite fond of Neptune, for some odd reason.
Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
The very weird thing is that I was thinking about this topic, the Holst planets, today. I even recommended one of my friends to go listen to them.
Pluto is my favorite DWARF planet . As for the suite, I like Mars the most, and not because it sucks.
[ January 05, 2007, 03:05 PM: Message edited by: Phanto ]
Posted by Kacie_lala33 (Member # 9784) on :
Aw .. . PLUTO!!!
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Jupiter for the timpani. (I'm a timpanist.)
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
I love all the planets. And I love Gustav Holst. I love the classical symphony version and I love Tomita's planets, too.
Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
I love them all. Although I do agree with Earendil18 that Mars suffers from over use as well as an abundance of poor imitations to which I myself and guilty and for that I'm sorry. Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
One of my friends is convinced that Fantasia did one of the planets...
Posted by Avatar300 (Member # 5108) on :
Pluto is the best planet ever!
Posted by aragorn64 (Member # 4204) on :
We're playing the band arrangement of Jupiter right now. I love it.
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
Celaeno, where did you go to school? Who did you study timps with?
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
I don't play professionally, and I'm not a music major. The closest I get is my university gives me a (very small) quarterly scholarship to play in its tiny symphony orchestra.
I'm from Hawaii. I started percussion at Punahou School, and I learned timpani from Ira Wong and Donna Oyama. I studied with Jim Kassis here in California for a couple of quarters, but it didn't work out. Now I play for recreation.
I'm hoping that after I graduate I can play in the pit for some productions. I'd even do it for free. I just can't imagine not playing anymore.
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
I like the Jupiter band arrangments because they already have a lot of brass instrumentation! It's crazy fun with those really fast intro parts!
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. As for the suite, I like Mars the most, and not because it sucks.![[Frown]](frown.gif)
PLUTO!!!