Critical Reception
The Planets became one of the most popular works of modern music ever performed at Queen's Hall.
After the first complete performance Edwin Evans, the astute and modern-minded critic, declared Britain to be the equal of any musical nation in the world and ahead of Berlin and France in contemporary developments.
Ernest Newman thought The Planets made the latest Stravinsky seem comically infantile.
The Daily Mail thought the work magnificent and enthralling, describing the scene this way: "For all its modernity a war-weary audience, hungering after the new, packed the Queen’s hall and gave the composer a standing ovation."
After the first complete performance Edwin Evans, the astute and modern-minded critic, declared Britain to be the equal of any musical nation in the world and ahead of Berlin and France in contemporary developments.
Ernest Newman thought The Planets made the latest Stravinsky seem comically infantile.
The Daily Mail thought the work magnificent and enthralling, describing the scene this way: "For all its modernity a war-weary audience, hungering after the new, packed the Queen’s hall and gave the composer a standing ovation."
