Mercury, The Winged Messenger for 14-part Brass Ensemble, Timpani & Glockenspiel
by Gustav Holst
Brass Ensemble - Sheet Music

14-part brass ensemble timpani & glockenspiel - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2838

Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century British. Score and parts. Published by Cherry Classics (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.