Music of the Angels – Score & CD package

This outstanding CD contains all of Edward Gregson's significant works for Symphonic Brass, including the seminal Brass Quintet, the Symphony in two movements and Music of the Angels, performed by some of the UK's leading professional brass musicians.

Music of the Angels is a reworking of a composition originally written for brass band, organ, and percussion. Under the title of The Trumpets of the Angels, that work was commissioned by Nicholas Childs and the Foden’s Band for their centenary concert at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in 2000.

However, in 2019 the composer decided to rework and rescore some of the original material, transforming it into a new conception for Symphonic Brass and Percussion - Music of the Angels -which was undertaken specially for a recording on the Chandos label with the internationally renowned ensemble London Brass. It is dedicated ‘In tribute to Olivier Messiaen.’

Duration: c.16 minutes

Instrumentation:

• 1 Trumpet in E flat (Trumpet 5)
• 6 Trumpets in B flat (Trumpet 4 doubling Flugel Horn)
• 4 Horns in F
• 3 Tenor Trombones
• 1 Bass Trombone
• Euphonium
• 2 Tubas
• 2 Timpani (Percussion 3 doubles Timpani 2)
• Percussion (3 players): 3 Tam-tams, 3 Suspended Cymbals, Bass Drum, Tenor Drum, Snare Drum, Tubular Bells.