through Neptune's watery depths. Celestial harmonies surround us and we hear choirs of angels receding into the distance.In conclusion, I would like to state why I chose this work of Holst’s for my final Contemporary Music History paper. The Planets was one of the first orchestral works Bodine 7that I was exposed to as a child. My grandmother bought me a classical CD after I decided to take up the Trumpet in private study, which contained The Planets on it. I can’t even begin to describe how taken I was by this piece. It inspired me to start studying music theory and composition, so I could begin to understand how Gustav Holst made this spectacular work. Since then, I have played the suite twice as an orchestral musician. This is a piece that will always be special in my heart, and I know that if I wasn’t exposed to it at such an early age, you might not have seen me in this class, or even at the college, studying music, the real love of my life....
