Mendelssohn - Two Sacred Choruses, Op. 115 for 9-part Brass Ensemble

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Mendelssohn - Two Sacred Choruses, Op. 115 for 9-part Brass EnsembleTwo beautiful Choruses by transcribed by Seattle Symphony Trumpeter, Geoffrey Bergler. The music is of intermediate level and has great sonorous qualities, wonderful for the middle of a Brass Ensemble concert. The first movement, Beati Mortui is slow and sustained and the second movement, Periti Autem is an Allegro movement in a more declamatory style. Instrumentation is for 3 Trumpets in B flat, 2 Horns, 3 Trombones and Tuba. Free pdf Sample

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Double counterpoint is used at the interval of a 10th

triple Fugue that introduces two new themes that are combined with a variation of the original Art of Fugue theme

one of the world’s top Trombonists

as well as sacred works by Mozart

Instrumentation is for: 3 Trumpets in B-flat

Completed in 1849

The work is a favorite of ours in Vancouver and works very well as an encore at the annual Christmas Brass Quintet concert

Hanson's transcription is true to the score and has a wonderful timbre to it

They have all of the recognizable features of the composer: Simplicity

ma con moto" and "Vivo e nervoso"

This work was commissioned by Jonathan Warburton