20 Apr 2014

The Planets

From The Sunday Feature, 2:00 pm on 20 April 2014
Saturn during Equinox

Saturn during Equinox Photo: NASA/Public Domain

Gustav Holst's 'The Planets' is a triumph of orchestration, but many of its features and innovations are taken for granted.

Thomas Goss takes us on a tour of the unique architecture and fascinating conception of this 20th-century masterpiece.