Gustav Holst - The Planets Op.32 Uranus, the Magician

[iWantThatPoster]

magic



[Nobodyknowsme021]

0:27 sounds a alomst exactly like Dukas's Sorcerer's apprentice.

A Tribute perhaps?

[CaptWithNoName]

@Nobodyknowsme021 Sorcerer and Magician also share similar peak movements too imo. Both great though.

[emanh2222]

the timpani parts on this movement are brilliant, they only tie with the ones on jupiter

[MissMeiSakine]

French horns for the win ;)

[Sandra377]

The conductor is out of synch ;)

[floofytown]

This version sounds too Japanese.

[XanthusPictures]

My anus is a magician as well.

[Mandragara]

Ponies?

[EnLugal]

Just wondering...ever seen a black orchestra? Black dirigent?

[i6a1n3]

How many horn players do you need? Is the part labeled "Deputy Assistant 4th Horn"? Holy crap.

[troyorlandi]

thumbs up if you think the tuba guy looks like George Lopez

[ThePoshMaster]

hi

[AdamantPonyGuy]

This does fit Cantering Death.

[Contrabassology]

I absolutley love holsts use of brass and percussion

[sionnachy]

Who is this conductor and what orchestra is it?

[CharlieBladeRemus]

@sionnachy Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Tajiro Iimori

[GABOTHE5TH]

Uranus, the Magician 

[kunstderfugue]

I can't help but giggle at the title :/

[oddvidios]

I play tuba fuck yeah

[XerxusExanju]

I've played a lot of the final fantasy games, and i'm just now hearing these pieces for the first time. is it just me, or did the later final fantasy games seem to take a LOT of inspiration from this for there music? namely ff12

[kunstderfugue]

@XerxusExanju yeah, a lot of video game and movie music is based off of holst's work

[XerxusExanju]

@kunstderfugue I guess so. It's no wonder all of his music seems so familiar.

[thanpalo]

by far one of the best pieces for horn in the history of this earth.... and i don't even play horn XD

[SUSAltd]

I actually like to call it "Urbutt".

It sounds a bit more dignified, I think.

[ithemachine]

I feel like at 3:48, the magician is throwing down the magic powder thats blowing up in your face. and the TA DAAAAAAA!!!

[504379]

the song is a potion of the planets prior to this one, but adding its own touch very much like what it is

[504379]

the song is a potion of the planets prior to this one

[lij2015]

0:55 = Fail of a mallet grip.

[peteytheaardvark]

I think the trumpets could have been less at their first tutti entrance. And I couldn't hear the big organ gliss (4:22), I was so sad!

Nice timp, though.

[Moonthewerewolf]

We need a marching band . . . of accordions!

[tapixt]

I like the way the tambourine player has the blank expression. She's just like. "Tambourine is boring."

[heirtothepwn]

@tapixt yeah, you can see the boredom in her eyes! oh wait

[TheFffoithegreat]

Lets go to plnet UrAnus  Get it?

[looney1023]

@TheFffoithegreat

How about you go to hell and we'll stay here listening to this great piece?

[TheFffoithegreat]

@looney1023 eat some penis noob

[looney1023]

@TheFffoithegreat

Real original jokes by the way. And "Uranus" isn't even pronounce that way.

[cyanman123]

Uranus: kind of sounds like, Your-anus

[Vraya]

@cyanman123 What?! Wait, woah. HAHAHAHA! THAT'S SO PERFECT! OMFG! HAHAHAHAHA! Your anus?! WOW! OMG

[UnholyJesus181]

I'm really digging the little things in Uranus.

[hnrksl]

Uranus is magical :D

[StrikesnGutters2]

Just an FYI: A lot of people are saying this guy is Seiji Ozawa...it's actually Taijiro Iimori. I think he's a great conductor.

[CharlieBladeRemus]

In 2020 NASA will change the name of the planet to stop that stupid joke once and for all. They'll rename it "Urectum."

Great piece BTW

[Predatorfan666]

@SoaringDragonStrike and @alski695, why can't we all just get along? The point of this web page is to listen to an excellent piece by Gustav Holst, not to argue over the comments.

3:50 - 4:28 reminds me of someone skipping through a mine field.

[SoaringDragonStrike]

@Predatorfan666 Skipping through mine fields is always fun

[pakerfn4]

haha i love this piece but seriously i can't get over the name, uranus-the magician.

[toxicddevil007]

I thought this was played at the perfect tempo. The dealmaker for me, is the slowdown at 4:19, and the elongated two notes into the climax. You can see the conductor almost shit himself when the band backs off the held note at 4:24, like "No! Keep it strong!"

[ToulBoi]

Its as if time stand still at 4:29-4:40 ... true magic!

[guillenmt95]

I would play it a little bit faster, but nice though

I must add that there are no other good videos of the planets being played by an orchestra on youtube (I mean seeing how the musicians play)

[8MasterX]

Powerful timpani!

[LilDrummerBoy74]

I love the part at 2:40. Its so heavy and weighted.  Dual timpani for the win! Were playing this now in the Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra. Im stuck on tambourine and snare though. =P

[ginnyisdacoolest]

The conductor looks a little like a magician to me :D

[Jake12001200]

I Saturn Uranus :P

[miloticfan3]

go bassoons!!!!

[musicX13Xfreak]

This has a GREAT horn part! It makes me smile :D

[sillyrnu007]

My flute choir is doing Holst's "The Planets" and, while I really like "Mars" and "Jupiter" (the "popular ones"), this one is my absolute favorite to play.

[Renn64]

This piece is very long and hard.

[Cyty]

@Renn64 Good thing Uranus is a magician :)

[segould]

@Renn64 That's what she said. jk. I love this piece and the rest of The Planets suite. Gustav Holst was a genius. You said this was difficult to play. What instrument did you play for it?

[miloticfan3]

@Renn64 its not that long my schools wind ensemble did watchmen tell us of the night and its 14 minutes

[shaylenmusic]

@Renn64 that's what she said

[Renn64]

@shaylenmusic Ooooooh ur so funny. NOOOOT

[mix2freeful]

Just amazing...!!!  Powerful.

[jar8619]

Best note in the performance - 5:17

[Cyty]

@jar8619 Lol..

[TubaOverlord1701]

@jar8619 gotta love that bone!

[ithemachine]

@jar8619 , how can your compete with TA-DAAAAAAH! at 4:20?

[JewsHarp93]

Ok, so has anyone noticed that marching bands only march Mars, Jupiter, and Venus when they obviously missed the best one.

[tyzon05]

@JewsHarp93

They tend to march the very powerful, brass oriented movements, as it is a marching band.

[Cyty]

@JewsHarp93

Think about it. Marching band kids, with the title "Uranus" I mean, I'm 21, and I've made about five jokes on this comment page alone.. I couldn't imagine freshmen and sophomores in high school.

[Rileyman2rr]

@Cyty I am a senior in high school and i know i would have made jokes about it. ... yeah it would be bad.

[Maoszman]

@JewsHarp93 I think its because the string section predominates in this piece. No one wants to risk taking the strings out onto the field or up into the stands;)

[TheManCave1990]

@Maoszman nah, i think its because of the crazy ass time changes.

[thegoodgeneral]

@Maoszman Gah. But if that's true, the string ostinato from "Jupiter" should be scaring symphonic bands away when, in fact, it's not.

[XXTheHacker]

@JewsHarp93

It's probably because it would be challenging to arrange this for only winds

[kinexkid]

@JewsHarp93 You try marching to a piece that changes tempos so many times and goes into different time signatures :P

[thegoodgeneral]

@kinexkid If they can march to "Venus," they can march to your anus.

Oops, Uranus.

[0raichu100]

@JewsHarp93 Marching bands play Venus??

[MadamMakkara]

@JewsHarp93 actually, my marching band marched to this one this year as well as Mars, Jupiter, and Venus.

[plejeune1]

@MadamMakkara waaaaaait just a minute, marching all them crazy time signatures?

[MadamMakkara]

@plejeune1 yah but it was also a college marching band and not high school

[FlytrapStudios]

@JewsHarp93 Probably because the time signature changes so much =P

[sackbut80]

@FlytrapStudios The time signature actually only really changes at the end. Holst just writes to make it sounds as if the time signature changes... it stays in 6/4 pretty much the entire time, but it has a 3/2 feel in some sections.

[peteytheaardvark]

@sackbut80 Actually, measures 148, 159, 192, 203, 214, and 221 all change to 9/4, in addition to the 4/4 time signature changes at the end.

[oddvidios]

@JewsHarp93 we're marching this one

[PMW3]

@oddvidios good lord are you marching or running?

[tapixt]

@JewsHarp93 There's no such thing as a marching xylophone, though, and that's a necessary instrument to have for this movement! The beginning exhibits that! D:

[twewyer]

@tapixt It's called the pit.

[lij2015]

@tapixt So, you're tring to tell me that I play in the pit, and that's a figment of my imagination?

[Thoradude666]

@JewsHarp93 It's because marching bands don't have the instrumentation to play it.

[CharlieBladeRemus]

@Thoradude666 Not necessarily, I've heard a drum and bugle corps (Cavaliers) do Mercury

[Freddo181]

@JewsHarp93 It’s much to hard to march and play the music from Uranus with an instrumentation that is about half of what you need

[penguinmonkey2013]

@JewsHarp93 My marching band had mars, saturn, uranus, and jupiter :3

[lij2015]

@JewsHarp93 That's because those are the easiest to translate for marching band. 

[thatonenerd22]

@JewsHarp93 Don't you think a song like this would be a little hard to march to?

[thatonenerd22]

@JewsHarp93 Don't you think a song like this would be a little hard to march to?

[ShellyA227]

Two main reasons--time signature changes, which is hard for average high schools bands (especially 3, but yes, better bands do these) and too many woodwind parts that just don't carry on the field. It is a shame though.

[0989098901]

that oboe player is cute :3

[Qtmas]

love the part at 3:51

[daddyfatsaxohten]

this is the greatest thing ive ever heard...

[blogpop10]

@Cyty

lol

[anothercomplex]

Who is the conductor?

[JOEdoesThings22]

why did the percussionist change hands for the tambourine shake roll tsk tsk tsk those asians

[ManIhTwoLinJay]

@Cyty Mine Is! It can make this Disappear! lmfao

[SuperGoldfish1999]

@Cyty Lol

[JoeDaPokemonMasta1]

At around 2:00, my head exploded from the epicness. 0_0

[BoneMan716]

I didn't know Asians could even grow their hair like that conductor!

[tetrisclock]

I guess it can get gray, long, and frizzy just like anyone else.

[Reinbucsten]

I'm going to comment on this like it's a comedic video:

lol "G, Eb, A, B" funniest part ever,

oh, and 7 people accidentally pressed the dislike button :'(

[franky641994]

French Horn FTW!!!!

[JaceBlaren]

@franky641994

did u know that the french horn is actually the f horn or the horn in f it was never made in France it is from Germany.

[TheBBEAST08051997]

@JaceBlaren yes i did know that. I'm a french horn player

[naishdave]

I'm no expert but this seems a top notch orchestra. would you agree?

[yoktor]

@naishdave asians rule at anything math and/or fine music related

[mpjmt]

.............. They're Japanese..........

[momo4895]

WOOT WOOT! go french horns! I;m a french horn player myself, 4 years of playing and im in wind ensemble or senior band but im only a freshman!

[Musician2013]

@momo4895 Me too! haha. But it isn't the fact that they are horns but how they can pull out through the symphony. Its cool to hear that. The brass has a beast part!

[FrenchHornsAreAwesom]

@momo4895 yea!!!! go horns!!!!! :D

[swiftybone]

Who is performing this?

[unusualcatperson]

This piece reminds me so much of Miyazaki's works. So imaginative, it does a really good job of painting a picture.

[RhapsodyinStu]

I half think this would've fit just as well as the Sorcerer's Apprentice in Fantasia!

[Snarician]

Haha :) Us percussionists are notorious for that.

[ahshorn]

From favorite to least favorite

Mars

Uranus

Saturn

Jupiter

Mercury

Venus

Neptune

[robinoi]

@ahshorn

cunt off

[SocialShockMusic]

There is definitely spiritual aspects to the music he wrote here...It would not surprise me if he had some Qabalism in his background whatsoever.

[robinoi]

@SocialShockMusic

wouldn't surprise me if he shat on your bed

[Epic4ever]

The bassoons were awesome. I was jammin' to their groove they had there!

[crocfme]

Uranus the magician?

Myanus knows a few tricks too...

[CowHoofOnAHotPlate]

I cant help but think of bottoms.

[MrBigbone3000]

i play bass trombone, and i would love to play 5:10 - 5:30. i love playing low loudly. like one part in a song my school is playing for uil. sea songs by thomas knox, its an amazing song.

[astronomicat]

haha, uranus, lol

[TheManCave1990]

i hate how you cant hear the organ rip from 4:22-4:28

[classicalnut1]

i love this. if 'the planets' was a true symphony, this would be the scherzo. woodwinds and brass play a huge role at first, then percussion and strings join this 'magician's fantasia'. the scherzo theme in 6/8 time is brilliant and reminds one of a stravinsky that imitates shostakovich who imitates mahler. an awesome interpretation!

[Othello1019]

@classicalnut1 Actually, the first four movements of the planets are modeled after a symphony, so Mercury is the scherzo. If you listen to it with that in mind it makes more sense.

[xXGeeknProud1225Xx]

2:17

watch his face....I love how tuba players have to change their face for every note. Don't explain to me why....cause I already know.

[StevenShields29]

@xXGeeknProud1225Xx Not a brass player. Why? Does it have something to do with the brass

at the opening

of Uranus?

[xXGeeknProud1225Xx]

He changes his face to get to each note properly. Unlike woodwinds (where you press down one combination of keys, and each combination is a different note) Brass has partials. For example, on a baritone, if you push down the first and second valves, you can play G, D, G', B, and D'. It's up to your lip position to decide which partial to play. You have to change that. Since the tuba and its mouthpiece is so big, the changes are a lot bigger. Hence why he changes his entire face!

[StevenShields29]

@xXGeeknProud1225Xx Thanks. I know how both families of instruments work. I just wasn't sure what the joke was. It was magic, from the opening of Uranus.

[xXGeeknProud1225Xx]

@StevenShields29 Oh...sorry...I didn't mean to make it seem like a joke. I just have a soft heart for the low brass....anything awesome that the brass does...I can point it out much easier than other sections.

[StevenShields29]

@xXGeeknProud1225Xx And also, right after that, at 2:19 the conductor looks like a painting of Beethoven at our school...right after he slammed face-first into a wall.

[xxchizzyxx1]

this is the best!

[icanhasheadache]

Teehee. Uranus.

This song is excellent.

[tjrieves]

Anybody else think it's weird that Uranus is the magician?

[mcremcre18]

@tjrieves i was just thinking that1

[StevenShields29]

@tjrieves Yes, it is weird. Why magician? Especially with brass at the opening of Uranus, how does that make you a magician?

[Fifaboy5433]

@StevenShields29 It is based on Roman Mythology, whereas Roman Myth is based on Greek Mythology, for example: Greek: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades. Roman: Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto (respectively).

[punksuit69]

@Fifaboy5433

But I dont think he put the mythology in the sound, more of how it would feel to be there

[Fifaboy5433]

@punksuit69 A lot of people say differently, especially true at the time of when these pieces were composed.

[wibli]

me too, I love the opening of uranus

[tjrieves]

hehehe

[StevenShields29]

I always loved the brass at the opening of Uranus.

[xXGeeknProud1225Xx]

@StevenShields29

That's cause brass kicks ass okay?

[NPShooter]

Wow, practically none of these comments have to do with the performance. Wonderful piece, played very well by... Who exactly is playing this? :P

[jrbrookshorn13]

Look people, not all classical music is the same!! Paul Dukas who wrote the The Sorcerer's Apprentice was based of this scherzo was a ballad by Goethe, based on a tale by the Greek poet Lucian (120- 180 AD).

Holst and Dukas drew no NONE ZIP NADDA NOTHING from each other.

Why are you SO dumb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!

ALSO!!! HOLST @$#%@$ COMPOSED THIS!!! NOT ARRANGED, NOT ORCHESTRATED, BUT WROTE ORIGINALLY!!!!!!

[queenaninas]

Who is this orchestra? Conductor? I love this piece.

[flippingdaisyburgers]

Conductor is Seiji Ozawa, really well-known conductor

[queenaninas]

thanks!

[Xzeleous]

It is NOT Ur-uh-nus for you people who listened to much too many science videos with scientists that couldnt deal with being snickered at.

It is indeed, pronounced URANUS. Now if we could all get over our immaturity people could pronounce things properly.

[Beelzeboogie]

Considering the alternate pronunciation is essentially URINE-us it isn't much better.

Meh I like screwing around with people by calling planets by the Greek names for the Roman gods so its Hermes, Aphrodite, Ares, Zeus, Cronus, Oranos, Poseidon and Hades for me.

[Badgerjohn27]

But immaturity is fun in small doses...

[bobwen51]

Pretty good!

[punksuit69]

the beginging is from jurasstic park, williams was inspired by this

[Beelzeboogie]

Also the inspiration for the soundtrack for the original Star Wars before Williams claimed later episodes "developed in another direction".

[sofafree]

needs more cowbell :(

[bally28]

i hear an audible release of methane from the player's rectums in the pianissimo sections of this heavenly movement.(deep breath) ahh how it fills my pure heart with such wonder! Exquisite!

[mooglebye]

fail symbol player in this band... You have to hold them facing down, not forwards like mouse ears.... The sound of the symbol vibrates through the floor to the audience, not the air. Learn to play...

[JRFuerstFullSail]

symbol? don't you mean cymbal?

[mooglebye]

Hell if I know.

[alski695]

@JRFuerstFullSail Symbol? Don't you mean cymbal? Don't forget punctuation if you're going to correct someone.

[alski695]

@SoaringDragonStrike It's originaly prenounced with an S not a Z, a horrible mutation. And know you have shown you were fully aware of it's role, you still carried on correcting someone when you needed correcting yourself. A double whammy I do declare.

[alski695]

@SoaringDragonStrike Ah, American Z's, a terrible mutation format. I forgive you for your errors though, you must have typed with quick frustration.

[thegoodgeneral]

@alski695 Ah, making "Z" possessive by adding an apostrophe when all you wanted to do was pluralize it. How British. I forgive you for being from the United Kingdom, though—it's not your fault.

[alski695]

@thegoodgeneral You forgive me? Aw bless you took it personally. You missed two other errors but I can forgive, you are clearly inferior. So you have a problem with the whole of the United Kingdom? You're wandering down a lonely road there kid.

[thegoodgeneral]

@alski695 Just thought you'd appreciate some more corrections:

"You forgave me! Aw, bless you, you took it personally. You didn't miss any other mistakes in that one message; you are clearly superior. Thank you for understanding my British situation. You're wandering down a lonely road there, kid. Why did I say that last part, wot, wot, tally ho? Jolly good! Tea and crumpets, wot."

[alski695]

@thegoodgeneral Thanks for proving my point kid :) moron personified