Here's "Mercury, The Winged Messenger"
 
Notice how the music sounds like Morse Code....a new technology in Holst's 
time..
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qddEqk9aXqk
 
 
 
On Thursday, January 10, 2013 10:37:22 AM UTC-7, C.R. Domino wrote:

> Going to see the symphony perform this tonight. The music is accompanied 
> by HD images from NASA tied to each of the sections.
>  
> Don't know if you Headz ever attend classical performances, but this one 
> is going to be cool.
>  
> Mars, Jupiter, Saturn sections each feature around 10 percussionists, 
> including 2 guys with 4 tympanies each. It's a pretty intense percussive 
> experience. Keith Emerson has done some stuff based on Mars in the past.
>  
> Unfortunately, I'll need to put on a button down dress shirt....  There's 
> a cost to everything, I guess.
>

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