Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in a special performance of Holst's 'The Planets Suite'. For the first time, the viewer is given a unique view of the performance from the heart of the orchestra, as 37 High-Definition cameras placed at a variety of angles offer a never-before-seen glimpse of the orchestra at work. The concert also includes a new commission by UK composer Joby Talbot: 'Worlds, Stars, Systems, Infinity'.

World figure skating champion siblings Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay perform this interpretation of Gustav Holst's 'The Planets' suite to a routine choreographed by Lar Lubovitch. Featuring the Toronto Dance Theatre, the routine combines ice dancing, skating and synchronised swimming to the Montréal Symphony Orchestra's performance of Holst's music, conducted by Charles Dutoit.

Titles: Allegro Moderato * Adagio * Minuet (in canon) * Air and variations

This piece started out as a theme from the Jupiter movement of Gustav Holst's orchestral suite The Planets. Later, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Holst himself adapted poems to fit the tune, and today over 20 hymns, patriotic songs, and other settings are set to this theme. This woodwind quintet arrangement stays true to Holst's work and allows each of the instruments a chance to carry part of the tune's engaging melody.