Watch Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter (2011) Online

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. Read More

Watch Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter online. Featuring Imogen Holst and Gustav Holst, Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter is classified as Documentary and Music genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in United Kingdom and was released on 2011. Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter was directed by Tony Palmer. Read Less