New Jersey Symphony: Holst’s The Planets - An HD Odyssey

Caroline Shaw The Observatory Shaw’s luminous concert-opener was inspired by scientists who study the night sky’s deepest reaches. Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Hailed by music lovers everywhere year after year as a desert-island necessity, The Lark Ascending is a wonder of flight in sound. Gustav Holst The Planets—An HD Odyssey While Holst’s orchestral spectacular works its magic in the ear, a giant screen over the stage becomes a canvas for NASA’s jaw-dropping images. A feast for the soul.