Mercury, The Winged Messenger for 14-part Brass Ensemble, Timpani & Glockenspiel

SKU: CY.CC2838

Mercury, The Winged Messenger, written in 1916 is the 3rd movement of Gustav Holst's iconic 7-movement suite. It is light, flitting and scherzando in style.
Mr. Sauer has used a very ingenious scoring technique for the brass to keep the music flowing for the very fast, long phrases used by the composer.
* 4 minutes in length for advanced performers.
Instrumentation is for:
4 Trumpets in C (1st part includes Piccolo)
4 Horns
3 Trombones
Euphonium (Tenor Tuba), 2 Tubas
Timpani and Glockenspiel
Mr. Sauer has also transcribed other selections (also available on this site) from Holst's Planets Suite including:
Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Uranus.