Summary

    Have you ever touched by a night that stars scattering all over the sky? I have! And I have a romantic thought about these twinkling little spots: every celestial body has their own personalities, as well as stories to tell.

    That’s why I am so fascinated by the Planet suites. It makes our solar system family come to alive. When listening to the movements, I am just like meeting these majestic planets one by one.

From: http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~ak12/k9p/intro.htm

Mars, the Bringer of War, is a aggressive and passionate guy.

Venus, the Bringer of Peace, on the contrast, is a caring 
woman who always gives me comfort.

No one would have any bitter feelings after meeting our careless
 little elf, Mercury, the winged messenger.

Jupiter, the bringer of jollity is truly a respectful king of kind.

Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age holds the clock of time, giving 
us wisdom but also making us wither.

Maybe Uranus, the Magician can teach us some tricks when he
 is in a good mood?

Neptune, the Mystic, is a weird person, but he is sure to give a
 smile to whoever visits him.

Finally, Pluto, the Renewer will never want to be left behind!

Besides introducing the music, I also post a “Space School” every time, and today is no exception! The video is about our own home -- the Solar System. Wish you can find that the universe is really a place full of magic!

Thank you for reading and the comments! It is really great to share all of these with you. Hope you enjoy my blog as well! J Bye~

Pluto, the Renewer

    “Since this is the planet suites, how come there is no Pluto?” you may wonder (or you may not, being aware of that Pluto is a dwarf planet now. XD) Actually, there is!! But it’s not composed by Gustav Holst ,and is less known by the public.

     First, as usual, let’s look at today’s “Space school” before heading to the little story I’m going to tell you.

                                     

     From the video, we can learn that Pluto was discovered not far from now. More precisely, in 1930, four years before Holst passed away. Holst couldn’t show less interest in composing a movement for our little Pluto, because he believed the popularity of “the planet suites” had put his other works in the shade, not receiving people’s attention they deserved.

.However, in 2000, Colin Matthews (an authority of Gustav Holst ) wrote down the eighth movement “Pluto, the Renewer.” And the music is here! Please what out the sudden big volume at 2:53.

                             

You can notice many elements from the original suites, like “Mercury, the winged messenger”, “Neptune, the Mystic” even “Mars, the Bringer of War.” To be honest, because it is not written by Gustav Holst, I had never paid my attention to it until now. I am not sure how I feel about it……maybe you could share yours with me!!

By the way, there is a movement about our Earth!! The melody is great, but I don’t like its digital instrument sound. Search “Earth, the bringer of man.” on Youtube, and you will find it.:D