Brass Quintet - moderate
SKU: CY.CC2982
Composed by Gustav Holst.
Arranged by Matt McCrady.
Christmas carol British.
Score and parts. 12
pages. Cherry Classics
#2982. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2982).
ISBN
9790530058015.
In
the Bleak Midwinter is a
Christmas carol based on
a poem by Christina
Rossetti, published in
1872. Holst set it to
music in 1906 and it has
become the most popular
of the many
settings.
Matt
McCrady's fine
arrangement for Brass
Quintet is tender and
rich in sound,
appropriate for
moderately advanced
performers and is about 5
minutes in
length.
Instrumentati
on is for 2 Trumpets in
B-flat, Horn in F,
Trombone and
Tuba.
The beautifully
performed audio sample
below is from the
Pinnacle Brass album The
Earth Shall Ring.
Gustav-Holst
