Holst: Mars from The Planets (Excerpt)

Conductor Jonathon Heyward leads the Seattle Symphony in "Mars" from Holst's The Planets at Benaroya Hall. #ListenBoldly
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[@HopHeadSeattle]

I was there! Maestro Heyward did a masterful job leading our world-class orchestra in this stunning performance of the piece with perhaps the greatest dynamic range of *any* work ...from mind-blowing, jaw-dropping climaxes in Mars, Jupiter & Uranus (that no stereo can do justice) - to the softest possible sounds in Venus, Mercury & especially, Neptune the Mystic, where the wordless, offstage female chorus fades out into eternity for at least 30 seconds. Incredible!

[@ddq57sm64]

Me too! Got to talk with Hannah Kendall...

[@aubreylin6422]

Y'all are so lucky

[@ddq57sm64]

I had the sheer pleasure of being there..And his conducting of Hannah Kendall's "The Spark Catchers" was truly perfection!

[@elizabethhjenkins6172]

Excellent. Great conducting.

[@austrobey7296]

This fellow makes me wanna watch some star wars. He's amazing. GIVE HIM A LIGHT SABER

[@EyeLean5280]

I bet John Williams would love this ;)

[@Mattcai2004]

the music that plays when henchmen 21 and 24 gear up

[@charltonsingleton]

Jonathon Heyward conducting!!!!!!!!

[@DreamDrift2024]

This is the music I would play if I was flying a TIE fighter and going to destroy the Death Star!

[@brainstormfilms1113]

Actually! I was thinking the same thing. But I would be flying an X-Wing.

[@DreamDrift2024]

Poketrio GX cool, but would you fit in the Death Star turrets?! You know, if you were flying an X-Wing?

[@HopHeadSeattle]

It's the piece that inspired John Williams' "Star Wars" theme

[@DreamDrift2024]

HopHeadSeattle oooh!! Yes, now this sounds familiar 😃

[@coreyforbis5612]

Funny story Mars actually inspired most of the imperial music

[@sles24]

WoW

[@brianlopez96]

Dooooooooooope

[@TygaEnoch]

Wetett bfer

[@bifeldman]

He’s rather silly and affected. He likes loud and fast. Not much terracing, not much interesting counterpoint. I want to hear some Mozart to judge if he really has anything.

[@WorldOfArtWorld]

I respect and support Mr Heyward, but that's actually a pretty strange way of conducting.

[@ddq57sm64]

He was incredible! You should have been there!