Bringing of Jollity

Tonight we’re using a Christmas gift from the kids: symphony tickets! The Nashville Symphony is performing Holst’s The Planets which should be a lot of fun. I’ve heard “Mars” gets to stand in for a lot final sci-fi movie scoring; it’s one of those pieces that sounds like you’ve heard it before even if you’ve never heard it before. The pivot point in “Jupiter” is the melody for the hymn O God Beyond All Praising among others. CULTURE! Very excited!