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Sydney Symphony / The Planets: A Journey in HD / Bach, Jarrell, Holst
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Sydney, Australia
Friday, 8 July 2011 - 8:00 PM
Saturday, 9 July 2011 - 8:00 PM
Monday, 11 July 2011 - 7:00 PM
Conductor: Ludovic Morlot
Holst’s romantic astrological vision meets the stunning images of modern astronomy. Travel into space with The Planets.
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Gustav Holst’s Planets wasn’t written for the movies, but it could have been – it has the monumental character and emotional force of a great film score and more than a few film composers are indebted to it.

With this spectacular visual presentation from the Houston Symphony and filmmaker Duncan Copp, we return the favour – accompanying Holst’s music with stunning high-definition footage from NASA space probes and the Hubble Telescope. Holst’s romantic, astrological vision meets modern astronomy.

Emmanuel Pahud, principal flute of the Berlin Philharmonic, is the soloist in the first half of the program. He’ll play a fiendishly virtuosic concerto by Swiss composer Michael Jarrell (music that tries to let us hear silence), and take the leading part in Bach’s dancing Orchestral Suite No.2.
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