THE PLANETS

by Gustav Holst, chamber orchestration by James M. Stephenson

45 minutes

2 flutes (2 dbl on piccolo) – 2 oboes – 2 A/Bb clarinets – 2 bassoons (2 dbl on contrabassoon) 2 French horns – 2 C trumpets (both dbl on B flugelhorn) – trombone – bass trombone timpani + 2 percussion / harp – keyboards (celesta + optional organ)
strings
SSA-SSA chorus parts (included for Neptune)Percussion instruments needed:
Perc 1: snare drum, triangle, tambourine, cymbals a2, suspended cymbal; Mallets: glockenspiel, xylophone, chimes
Perc 2: gong, bass drum, suspended cymbal, cymbals a2, triangle, tambourine

Movements:
I. Mars, The Bringer of War.
II. Venus, The Bringer of Peace
III. Mercury, The Winged Messenger.
IV. Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity.
V. Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age.
VI. Uranus, The Magician.
VII. Neptune, The Mystic.