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Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter

2011

Overview

The great composer of The Planets, Gustav Holst also taught himself Sanskrit, lived in a street of brothels in Algiers, cycled into the Sahara Desert, and allied himself during the First World War with a ‘red priest' who pinned on the door of his church ""prayers at noon for the victims of Imperial Aggression"". He hated the words used to his most famous tune ""I Vow to Thee My Country"" because it was the opposite of what he believed, and died before the age of 60 - broken and disillusioned.

Details

Status
Released
Release date
April 12, 2011
Original language
English
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Isolde Films
Director
Tony Palmer
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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