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    A beginner’s guide to Gustav Holst’s ‘The Planets’ Suite

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    5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

    A favourite movement of Holst’s, Saturn is quite a shift from the positive music heard in Jupiter. The opening is slow and almost unsettling, until the music expands into a heavy march.

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    6. Image 6: uranus
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