Holst - Mercury, The Winged Messenger for 14-part Brass Ensemble, Timpani and Glockenspiel Ensemble Minor Matters

Minor Matters

I learned many of the local folk and popular songs

Kirkham has included a performance suggestion that includes some optional acting by the performers

The Chorale is actually a quote from the "Dies Irae"

Trumpet part in C

Holst - Mercury, The Winged Messenger for 14-part Brass Ensemble, Timpani and Glockenspiel Ensemble Minor MattersMercury, 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. Instrumentation is for: 4 Trumpets in C (1st part includes Piccolo) 4 Horns 3 Trombones Euphonium (Tenor Tuba), 2 Tubas Timpani and Glockenspiel Mr.