Haydn's Il mondo della luna, Holst's The Planets, and Schönberg's Verklärte Nacht

Haydn could hardly have imagined that humans would one day travel to the moon. Nevertheless, he wrote an opera about life there, and in this concert we will hear the overture.
Schönberg's wonderfully beautiful Verklärte Nacht depicts a couple in love walking in the moonlight—a story of love that conquers all.
Holst's powerful The Planets has become one of the most beloved works in the British repertoire.