Headphone mix of Holst's The Planets

Holst’s ever-popular suite from 1918, composed as a response to the First World War. With the BBC Symphony Orchestra and National Youth Choir of Great Britain conducted by Sakari Oramo. Listen on headphones for the full spatial effect – it’ll make you feel as if you’re at the Royal Albert Hall in person.

Binaural survey: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/sound

14 July 2018

52 minutes

Role	Contributor
Composer	Gustav Holst
Conductor	Sakari Oramo
Performer	BBC Symphony Orchestra
Performer	National Youth Choir

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BBC Proms—2018, Prom 1: First Night of the Proms: Holst, Vaughan Williams, Meredith

Music of the Spheres—Radio 3 in Concert
A collection of programmes and features about the planets and other heavenly bodies.
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