For two years I had the intention of composing that cycle, and during those two years it seemed of itself more and more definitely to be taking form. … whether it’s good or bad, grew in my mind slowly-like a baby in a woman’s womb. The composer conducted two recordings of the work, and it has been recorded at least 80 times subsequently by conductors, choirs and orchestras from the UK and internationally. The innovative nature of Holst's music caused some initial hostility among a minority of critics, but the suite quickly became and has remained popular, influential and widely performed. The first complete performance at a public concert was given at the Queen's Hall on 15 November 1920 by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates. Three concerts at which movements from the suite were played were given in 1919 and early 1920. The premiere of The Planets was at the Queen's Hall, London, on 29 September 1918, conducted by Holst's friend Adrian Boult before an invited audience of about 250 people. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its supposed astrological character. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. 32, is a seven- movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 19.
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