The Usher Hall celebrates the end of its long refurbishment with a multi-media, gala concert. Mars, Venus and Mercury as captured by NASA's own cameras will be projected on to a 24-foot screen, accompanied by Gustav Holst's Planets suite played by the Houston Symphony from Texas.
The gala concert is the only Scottish date in a UK tour by Houston Symphony, whose collaborative Planets project with NASA was first conceived back in 2006 and has already wowed audiences all over the United States, including New York's famous Carnegie Hall.
The project uses images returned from missions such as the Mars rover explorations, Cassini-Huygens, Voyager 1 and 2, Mariner 10, Magellan, Messenger, and Galileo. The Holst suite, premiered in 1918, pre-Pluto, contains seven movements: Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Houston Symphony conductor Hans Graf said: "This combination of music and science can provide a deeper emotional dimension to the splendid cosmic images, a depth which is not to be experienced without the joyful power and delicate sensuality of Holst's remarkable orchestra pieces."
Tickets are £35/£30/£25/£20/£15 - concessions £2 off.