Flash Mob at the Science Museum. Royal College of Music Philharmonic play Holst’s Planets

In April 2016 the Science Museum London, played host to an amazing flash mob by the Royal College of Music. We surprised our visitors with excerpts from Mars and Jupiter from Holst’s The Planets, as a vivid demonstration of how music has the power to unite art and science.
The event was staged in the Making the Modern World Gallery www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visit... in the Science Museum which charts 250 years of science and technology, featuring iconic items that have shaped our society.
Striving to be the best place in the world for people to enjoy science, the Science Museum's www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visit... world-class collection forms an enduring record of scientific, technological and medical achievements from across the globe.
The Royal College of Music (www.rcm.ac.uk/) is one of the world’s great conservatoires, training gifted musicians from all over the world for international careers as performers, conductors and composers.
Music:
Excerpts from Mars and Jupiter from Holst’s The Planets, arranged and conducted by Ben Palmer.
Orchestra:
Royal College of Music Philharmonic.
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[@jlmww]

Imagine being the guy who just stood there the whole time, holding the cymbals and waiting for his big moment at the end.

[@MrBruno7447]

4:52 The dream of every percussionist, having a one-note solo on cymbals

[@rojavida]

That’s the fastest anyone has ever gone from Mars to Jupiter. Breathtaking!

[@renard801]

This old man is utterly moved to see such talented youngsters. Every credit to them for the hours of practice which has resulted in this and other bravura performances. They deserve to feel proud and I wish them every success in their careers.

[@thomasknight1190]

That certainly brightened up the science museum i used to go there when I was a little boy now I'm a big boy 72

[@MrDaiseymay]

bit late for me now--I'm 77, and 300 miles away

[@kikyozoldyck7872]

Wow thats cool

[@tripsadelica]

Brilliant! How wonderful to see young people keeping Holst's immortal music alive! Bravo!

[@katekat4522]

I love the transition from Mars to Jupiter! Just beautifully done, and how am I just seeing this now?

[@cameronmccaie9488]

@katekat4522 because Jupiter doesn’t come after Mars in the actual symphony. Venus comes after Mars! But I agree, they certainly made it sound very beautiful!

[@saturdayplayer2492]

Superb musicians, superb music, superb location. We still do some things brilliantly in UK.

[@micamika8844]

Marvelous, perfect execution from Holst's "The Planets" a Rolercoster of very fine feelings Mars and Jupiter, just beautiful, a grande bravissimo to all players and conductor !!!

[@dandeangeli9860]

I have loved The Planets, and these free performances bring it to a whole new generation. Bravo!

[@v.dargain1678]

Uh-huh . Great !

[@davidwelch6796]

Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Performance, audio recording, camera work and editing all fantastically good. Then a great wave of emotion is released by this wonderful mix of elements. Credit also to Gustav Holst. My thanks to everyone involved, I really enjoyed this video.

[@wcourquin]

My favourite piece of classical music and it was the one day I wasn't working! :'(

[@jesseiguess1319]

William Courquin I feel for you

[@jesseiguess1319]

William Courquin it isn't considered classical because it was written in 1912 though

[@endercatgames]

AkwadGaming YT classical can be considered both a time period and a genre :P

[@LuckyTrucker1]

A technicality .

[@v.dargain1678]

Oh dang ! Isn't that the way it usually happens .

[@h2energynow]

Amazing musicians, outstanding photography. You could see from people present this is not something they will forget for some time. Bravo!

[@jungersrules]

WOW! What a magnificent combo of Mars and Jupiter! Loved the ending! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Katherine-rq8mk]

I too think it was a bit too fast but why the negative? Much fun for all who were lucky enough to experience first hand. Million thumbs up!!

[@fredfinks]

Prob saw the person in a niqab. An antithesis to the beautiful wonder of the orchestra

[@yomama847]

way too fast

[@HMan2828]

I love that they start this one with Mars... Holst's Planets is an incredible piece, and this rendition is superb!

[@WilfBond55]

The order as written is Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Pluto hadn't been discovered yet, let alone disrespected.

[@HMan2828]

@@WilfBond55 I wouldn't say Pluto was disrespected, after all it now names an entire new class of objects!

[@contacter]

The Jupiter movement always makes my hair stand on end.

[@katrinat.3032]

It makes my heart swell

[@renzo6490]

"The Planets" at The Science Museum. Seems appropriate !

[@malakai651]

What makes this flash mob special is the camera work, very haunting at times.

[@WienerVL]

Realy? I have goosebumps? Oh man...i like it! That was amazing!

[@oldenweery7510]

Excellent! I found myself tearing up, then my heart swelling with the beautiful climax.

[@r.mtz.1669]

Astonishing 🤔👍

[@polopowered]

That Mars intro. Wow. Very moving.

[@toyman9642]

Visited the Science Museum many years ago during a holiday. Wonderful experience.

[@MariVelvet_]

I don’t think you know what a flash mob is but this is so amazing!

[@warrenwilson4818]

Wow! from 2 until 3 min. is one of my all-time spine-tingling pieces.

[@tedpetry2028]

My favorite classical album by far.......It starts out so strong and ends in a silence, it's totally amazing.

[@philipem1000]

Oh that was brilliant! Such superb musicians and a lovely excerpt/arrangement for the place. Bravo for bringing it to those kids!

[@d.e.p.-j.7106]

Great setting for Mars and Jupiter, and nice images from the museum. Thanks!

[@MrDaiseymay]

quite so

[@sawomirborycki687]

I am at tha lack of words. It is just amazing! So many young people play such wonderful music.

[@luckyvenus7770]

Thank you for letting me listen to a wonderful performance.

[@johnbenton4488]

Bloody marvellous.

[@phmc123]

Good grief. Those first few bars of Mars made me tingle and the hairs stand up. Brilliant

[@elisabethhatil5392]

Super orchestre merci beaucoup ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kimjong-un1136]

KZbin truly has a beautiful treasure trove of classical flash mobs.

[@marioamaro3430]

His moment of glory xD 4:53

[@Springtime101]

: )))))))))))))

[@jnellybags]

The deadpan look KILLS me, hahaha

[@kimthuybui9279]

I cant hold myself together whenever I read a joke about percussionist 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MarkTheMorose]

I only watched this for that bit.

[@Temulgeh]

He had great technique!

[@doncoleoni1]

An amazing video about an amazing place set to an amazing piece of music :-)

[@websolutions6117]

Damn, those kids are good.

[@MrDaiseymay]

For The best--watch the 'National Youth Orchestra' play the whole 'Planet Suite' at the Royal Albert Hall--2016. on You tube. A massive Orchestra--none better.

[@patriciamartinez5836]

Fantastic. Great arrangement and musicians. I enjoyed this video so much. Made me tear up.🎵🎼

[@KarlSheen]

Great timpani opening!!....im happy!

[@robyndavis3043]

Bravo to the orchestral musicians!

[@elisabethhatil5392]

Très très bon musiciens et musicienne super❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂j adore😅😅😂😂😂

[@LuckyTrucker1]

Fantastic venue to choose , thank you very much .

[@licteza9695]

The holst almost made me cry.... thats was awesome

[@NZErehwon]

What a place to play in

[@a.katherinesuetterlin3028]

Sometimes I don't know which music brings on the happy waterworks more: Holst's "Planets" suite or Vangelis' "Chariots of Fire." That's just a testament to how much I love any music inspired by the cosmos.

[@margeryharper7837]

Try Rachmaninov, to me his music is from the stars!

[@5ammy13]

Sadly, Hoslt's Planets Suite was inspired by Astrology and not Astronomy. But I think it fits the cosmos and the real planets better than it does Astrology :-)

[@a.katherinesuetterlin3028]

@@margeryharper7837 I do quite like Rachmaninoff, actually. 😁

[@a.katherinesuetterlin3028]

@@5ammy13 When I talk about cosmically inspired music, I don't really care if it's inspired by astrology or astronomy. As a creative person, I feel all sources of inspiration are valid, regardless of anyone's opinion.

[@5ammy13]

@@a.katherinesuetterlin3028 Cool. I was just stating a commonly misunderstood fact about Holst's Planets Suite. In my opinion, the Planet Suite suits the astronomical planets more, and in your opinion it fits both the astronomical and astrological planets. There may be purists who might think that it suits only the astrological context better. To each their own, and that's the beauty of creativity or interpretation of art, isn't it? :-)

[@ianoliver3879]

Oh, lovely. Lovely. Thank you, all concerned.

[@TheOldbass]

absolutely brilliant ! very high performance , BRAVO !

[@mjarail]

That is just so perfect in all ways!

[@xtop23]

mars is my all time favorite but that brief excerpt from jupiter never fails to elicit emotion from me.

[@fenfisher]

Brilliantly played by the young ,they should be proud!

[@MonsterSound]

Wonderful performance and one of the best recordings. I wish all recordings were this good!

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

Truly wonderful! Brilliant stuff.

[@Scouser121212]

WOW! so good - made me cry

[@classicautism8756]

I love this!

[@davecroston2914]

I am familiar with a fair amount of Holst's music. By historical accounts I've read, Gustav Holst was a strange character.Being sickly all his life, he thought that by riding a bicycle in the hot Algerian desert, he could restore his health. After the success of The Planets, he would hand out typed slips of paper stating he didn't sign autographs to those who sought his signature. In fact, he was so displeased by The Planets success that he never wrote anything else like it. What a shame.

[@jcguy6608]

Love this and it's appropriate for the setting.

[@iralepppi]

this is the best. great concise mashup of Mars and Jupiter!

[@jdryak]

08/31/2020. USA. Imagine we were still a country symphony, what wondrous things of beauty we could create!

[@Hoshimaru57]

I'm sorry. I wouldn't be able to contain my excitement and I'd screw it up as soon as I realized what was playing. This suite happens to be my favorite piece of classical music.

[@GreenEyes-gv6zj]

Bravo bravo very nicely done!

[@johnries5593]

This one you really can't start unobtrusively.

[@elisabethhatil5392]

A réécouter très très souvent manifique.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@effemess]

Magnificent!!

[@sapturnus]

Gorgeous!

[@AntPDC]

SENSATIONAL! Thank you.

[@Mike-vu7zo]

Wonderful, just wonderful

[@jean-yvesbourgin5697]

encore une belle oeuvre prise dans des condition du direct magnifique merci les musiciens de nous offrir ces plaisirs

[@SuperPartha1]

Brilliant! I often hear this on PBS in USA.

[@robyndavis3043]

Brilliantly performed

[@johniovine1512]

they play very very well amazing

[@roofgardener7897]

No I'm not.. this is.... awesome. I'm in awe. MORE !!!

[@j.joshuaamsa9591]

wonderful!

[@kaugusta1]

That was super!

[@bloodlore00]

Brilliant! Thank you,

[@TheOldbass]

very very very well done !

[@freyedattheedges5229]

Enjoyed it so much Thank you. ''FANFARE to the COMMON MAN''

[@joycebriault7498]

Lovely job 👍

[@jeannieharmon628]

BRAVO!!!!

[@lyndowling8179]

Thank you so much for this. Please tell us who these magnificent musicians are so we may follow their careers.

[@chrisholley4634]

very nice composite. usually I would like to hear the entire piece (Mars or Jupiter) but these were very nice selections from both, and very much in tune thank you, what fun that must be a FLASH MOB MARS TAKEOVER funny astrologically (come in with Mars Rising, or MC)

[@alanatolstad4824]

Yahoo! What fun! My only negative was for the editing. I wanted to see more of the musicians, than of the surrounding museum.

[@davidwelch6796]

I disagree, I thought the cutaways added to the performance - but if we all agreed the world would be a boring place.

[@kohaku1821]

They really added to the beginning of the piece.

[@fredgrove4220]

Mars, the God of War...............this takes me back many many years, to the old black and white TV, ... Quatermas and the Pit.

[@laurietarawa1371]

Of greatness

[@r.mtz.1669]

Astonishing!!!🤔👍

[@ProudBtitish]

Bravo.

[@elisabethhatil5392]

Manifique musique 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@Canimals4Life]

2:58 The Part That Everyone Came Here For.

[@rattywoof5259]

It wasn't a chorale - the words and vocal parts were added much later and not by the composer - this performance was much closer to Holst's score markings.

[@jerrybyers2172]

Ol' "goosed-off" done real good when he writ that piece.

[@caleb1016]

I wish my school could storm Melbourne central with our Symphony orchestra and chamber choir. This is such an exciting peice, it was fantastically executed.

[@tygra2886]

I guess some people were thinking something like „Wow, that orchestra playing music from „Star Wars" was great"

[@donepearce]

Can nobody any longer tell the difference between a flash mob and a performance?

[@ChelleBear7]

Any know where this from very familiar lol 😂 just can’t place it I know the second part lol

[@johanisvzyl]

I would die if I were there!

[@paypay263]

Hell ya

[@frenchimp]

Jovial!

[@5ammy13]

The edning to Jupiter has that Star Trek vibe going strong don't it?

[@metalheadjock3513]

This are actually short excerpts of "Mars, the Bringer of War" and "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity". Gustav Holtz composed this 100 years ago. PLEASE listen to every piece in that Suite. His arthritis was so terrible while orchestrating this suite of seven pieces that he DICTATED every note you hear to two young women who notated everything Holtz was telling them. Mars inspired the Star Wars Main Title Theme. Some bits of Mars are used nearly ver batim in the Main Title of Star Wars. PLEASE listen to the whole suite. Thank you so much for posting. Pure Heaven.

[@1945761]

Come parla in italiano, BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!