Another composer you might like is the Austro-Hungarian symphonist, Franz Schmidt, also born in 1874. His Fourth Symphony (composed in 1933) was my introduction to his extraordinary music: ruclips.net/video/w_fjFPhrKjw/видео.html
hello I'm not a composer, just an enthusiast, I don't read music well, but I really enjoyed the video. I didn't know the composer and I can say that you made me discover a new one, the suite is fabulous, I will listen to the others too . This is what the internet is for, to our growth! Thank you
I love Mars, the bringer of wars. They whole album is fantastic, it starts out so strong, then the last song fades into a quiet finale. Fantastic score. I truly love this composer and highly recommend Holst to anyone who loves symphonic music in the genre of Stravinski, but not as random.
I’m learning several movements from Holst the planets for community orchestra, playing mostly the mallet percussion (glockenspiel, chimes and xylophone), and I was asked to learn the Celeste part for Venus (we aren’t playing Neptune unfortunately , and we aren’t sure about mercury yet). I’ve never played a Celeste before, but I grew up playing piano and percussion, so I’m excited to play the Celeste in a few weeks! Thanks for this video, it is nice to hear how all the instruments fit in with the piece, especially with hearing the harps, glockenspiel and Celeste ☺️
Great analysis! I did feel however there was a harmonic component missing in the analysis which gives the piece its "sound" such as the use of extended harmony and modal interchange after the violin solo ends. I do realize that it was to keep the video short. Great work! Hope to see more analysis videos in the future.
This is such a sweet piece and I was impressed by how you break down the functions of the sections into just 4 basic types. I also loved your enthusiasm for the music and the scoring. It is infectious and makes me want to score more music myself.
I'm a contrabassist and I'm performing the planets in two days. I've never really appreciated Venus since I don't have a big role in it, nothing really to study or practice. Thank you for showing me the beauty of it.
So good! Hearing this only makes me realise how much there's to learn, definitely reached the point where i know enough to know there's so much that i don't know. Great Video Zach
I've heard several performances over the years ( Harding in SF in a few weeks) and appreciate your many insights. One detail that always strikes me is the last Celeste note, on an off beat and delayed slightly. It rises to the 6th of the chord, as if the sound could continue unresolved. Mahler did this at the end of Das Lied von Der Erde less than 10 years before. Perhaps the first time this was used. I will enjoy more close listening and study of other music. Thank you!
I'm real late to this but I absolutely love these score studies. I've always been pretty good at writing melodies but I've always had trouble getting it to sit on everything else nicely and I've made some compositions that I absolutely love but just can't quite get it together. This didn't completely solve my problem but it gave me some great insight into why there's a problem
Zach you are amazing, keep on going. The planets is a great color palette to learn the rich possibilities of orchestration and music in general, thank you for bringing it closer. also your content is just rock solid and very educational for me as an aspiring media composer, wanted to thank you and wish you all the growth for your channel and music!
Thanks for the Video! Holst wrote very inspiring music! My personal inspiration for writing music are Max Reger and Sergej Rachmaninoff. Especially Rachmaninoff was a master in composing nice themes and melodies mixed with bautiful harmonies and Reger was a master in counterpoint and harmonies!
Amazing analogy! My personal favorite movement is Jupiter, but Venus is good too! I’ve been subscribed to you for a while and you’ve been one of my inspirations as a composer! When I hear your last name, I can’t help but think of Joseph Haydn 😂 I can’t wait for more videos and compositions from you! ❤️
Absolutely wonderful video and the annotations are so so helpful. I am currently working on a capstone and I plan to arrange this piece with as big of a group I can get. Do you have any suggestions for instruments to use in place of bassoon, horns, and harp? I was considering using timpani instead of bassoon and a piano synth instead of a harp but if you have any ideas that would be very appreciated. Thank you so much :)
Here's the PDF from IMSLP:
imslp.org/wiki/The_Planets%2C_Op.32_(Holst%2C_Gustav)
Thanks for replying. I'm very aware of IMlsp, But i thought you were supplying a colorized score to follow along with. Maybe i misunderstood.
Holst is one of my favorite composers, as he wasn't conventional, nor was he in total discord. I could listen to it all day. It is so soothing.
Another composer you might like is the Austro-Hungarian symphonist, Franz Schmidt, also born in 1874. His Fourth Symphony (composed in 1933) was my introduction to his extraordinary music: ruclips.net/video/w_fjFPhrKjw/видео.html
hello I'm not a composer, just an enthusiast, I don't read music well, but I really enjoyed the video. I didn't know the composer and I can say that you made me discover a new one, the suite is fabulous, I will listen to the others too . This is what the internet is for, to our growth! Thank you
Thanks so much Marco!
I love Mars, the bringer of wars. They whole album is fantastic, it starts out so strong, then the last song fades into a quiet finale. Fantastic score. I truly love this composer and highly recommend Holst to anyone who loves symphonic music in the genre of Stravinski, but not as random.
I’m learning several movements from Holst the planets for community orchestra, playing mostly the mallet percussion (glockenspiel, chimes and xylophone), and I was asked to learn the Celeste part for Venus (we aren’t playing Neptune unfortunately , and we aren’t sure about mercury yet). I’ve never played a Celeste before, but I grew up playing piano and percussion, so I’m excited to play the Celeste in a few weeks! Thanks for this video, it is nice to hear how all the instruments fit in with the piece, especially with hearing the harps, glockenspiel and Celeste ☺️
Great analysis! I did feel however there was a harmonic component missing in the analysis which gives the piece its "sound" such as the use of extended harmony and modal interchange after the violin solo ends. I do realize that it was to keep the video short. Great work! Hope to see more analysis videos in the future.
This is such a sweet piece and I was impressed by how you break down the functions of the sections into just 4 basic types. I also loved your enthusiasm for the music and the scoring. It is infectious and makes me want to score more music myself.
Super inspiring! Now I feel the need to annotate some music!
I'm a contrabassist and I'm performing the planets in two days. I've never really appreciated Venus since I don't have a big role in it, nothing really to study or practice. Thank you for showing me the beauty of it.
So good! Hearing this only makes me realise how much there's to learn, definitely reached the point where i know enough to know there's so much that i don't know. Great Video Zach
This is fantastic! Already a fan of the the piece (and Holst’s entire “…Planets,” at large), but this just compounds my appreciation. Nice job!
I've heard several performances over the years ( Harding in SF in a few weeks) and appreciate your many insights. One detail that always strikes me is the last Celeste note, on an off beat and delayed slightly. It rises to the 6th of the chord, as if the sound could continue unresolved. Mahler did this at the end of Das Lied von Der Erde less than 10 years before. Perhaps the first time this was used.
I will enjoy more close listening and study of other music. Thank you!
Thank you. Brilliant. Hope you will have more of those
Keep doing these studies, man. Highly enjoy these.
I'm real late to this but I absolutely love these score studies. I've always been pretty good at writing melodies but I've always had trouble getting it to sit on everything else nicely and I've made some compositions that I absolutely love but just can't quite get it together. This didn't completely solve my problem but it gave me some great insight into why there's a problem
This is great, it would be nice if you could edit in a blue line over the score as the music is playing so we can see exactly where we're at
Very appreciate for your work! It’s so helpful to me! Lots of thanks from Taiwan 😄
So awesome Zach! Thank you!
You are genius! I love it! Thank you
Zach you are amazing, keep on going. The planets is a great color palette to learn the rich possibilities of orchestration and music in general, thank you for bringing it closer. also your content is just rock solid and very educational for me as an aspiring media composer, wanted to thank you and wish you all the growth for your channel and music!
Thanks so much for the kind words Roman!
Thanks for the Video! Holst wrote very inspiring music! My personal inspiration for writing music are Max Reger and Sergej Rachmaninoff. Especially Rachmaninoff was a master in composing nice themes and melodies mixed with bautiful harmonies and Reger was a master in counterpoint and harmonies!
Please more videos like this!! ❤❤❤❤
Good work Zach.
This is so great!
Thanks John 😁
Venus is a great choice
That was fantastic - great analysis Zach. I hope you'll be doing the rest of The Planets eventually too! :)
Thanks Mike!! I hope to down the road!
Beginner here! Moment of silence for me, please... Now, thank you for this! Hope to get to your level one day.
Great video
Amazing analogy! My personal favorite movement is Jupiter, but Venus is good too! I’ve been subscribed to you for a while and you’ve been one of my inspirations as a composer! When I hear your last name, I can’t help but think of Joseph Haydn 😂 I can’t wait for more videos and compositions from you! ❤️
Thanks so much for the kind words and for sticking around! P.S. Not the first time I've gotten people making that connection 😉😂
Please more videos like this 🙏🙏🙏🙏
The middle section reminds the listener of the lullaby "Rockabye Baby".
Wouldn't harp 2 have the melody for those few short notes when oboes and Glock are playing together in the beginning?
Absolutely wonderful video and the annotations are so so helpful. I am currently working on a capstone and I plan to arrange this piece with as big of a group I can get. Do you have any suggestions for instruments to use in place of bassoon, horns, and harp? I was considering using timpani instead of bassoon and a piano synth instead of a harp but if you have any ideas that would be very appreciated. Thank you so much :)
Great video! Which software are you using to highlight it like this?
I really love those videos. Can't wait to which score you're gonna study next time !
(Do I see a chess board in the background ? :) )
Thank you! And you are correct ;)
Very helpful! Thanks for providing the score PDF for us. Also, where do you obtain scores from?
Unless its super modern you can find a lot of classical scores for free on imslp
Where is the link to the pdf?
Added to the pinned comment 🙂
Venus, a peace planet??