"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

21 September 2024

Happy Birthday, Holst


Gustav Holst was born on this day in 1874.

Music, being identical with heaven, isn't a thing of momentary thrills, or even hourly ones. It's a condition of eternity.

Gustav Holst

Susanna Mälkki directs the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Elysian Singers in a performance of "Neptune, The Mystic," from The Planets ...

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