Mercury (Van der Roost)
Subtitle: Contest March
General Info
Year: 1991
Duration: c. 2:50
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Brass Band
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €88.00 | Score Only (print) - $15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Alto Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet/Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Mercury is a concert march composed in a typically British idiom. In 1990, Jan Van der Roost wrote this piece on the occasion of the 15-year anniversary of his own band: Brass Band Midden Brabant. Like many British marches, the main theme is written in a minor key. Powerful and virtuoso themes characterize the first part of this march, while the trio melody is much more melodic, offering the tenor register a chance to display its lyrical skills. Follows a dynamic passage for trombones and trumpets/cornets, leading to a "grandioso" version of the main trio melody and thus concluding this march in a magnificent way.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Wind Music of Jan Van Der Roost #1
- Audio CD: Grisham Middle School Honors Band (Betty Bierschenk-Pierce,, conductor) – 2003
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Colgan High School (Manassas, Va.) Wind Symphony (Don Magee, conductor) - 4 May 2023
- Spartan Youth Wind Symphony (East Lansing, Mich.) (Arris Golden, conductor) – 24 November 2019
- Callanwolde Concert Band (Atlanta, Ga.) (Glenn Moore, conductor) – 1 October 2017
- Round Rock (Tx.) High School Symphonic Band – 7 February 2012
- Grisham Middle School (Austin, Tx.) Honors Band (Betty Bierschenk-Pierce, conductor) – 18 December 2003 (2003 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 4 Old Dances
- Amazonia (1988/1990)
- Apollo (2010)
- Arsenal (1996)
- Avalon
- Balkanya (1999)
- Brasiliana (1985)
- Canterbury Chorale (1991)
- Castellum
- Centennial Prelude
- Ceremonial March
- Christmas Time (1993)
- Concerto Grosso (1986)
- Condacum (1996)
- ConZEnSus (1996)
- Credentium
- Crescent Moon (2011)
- Dances of Innocence (2009)
- Domus
- Dublin Dances (2007)
- Dynamica (1998)
- Et in Terra Pax (1998)
- Finnish Folk Song Suite (2001)
- Firework (1992)
- Flashing Winds (1989)
- From Ancient Times (2009)
- Helios
- Highland Rhapsody, A (1991)
- Homage (1993)
- Humanos
- Hymnus Antverpia
- Hypernikon (2019)
- Jubilus
- Kebek (2006)
- Manhattan Pictures (1994)
- Mercury (1990)
- Metalla
- Minerva (1999)
- Montana (2008)
- Nemu-Susato (1997)
- Olympica (1993)
- Orion (2000)
- Poeme Montagnard (1996)
- Ponte Romano
- Prima Luce
- Puszta (1988)
- Rhapsody for Horn, Winds and Percussion (1995)
- Rikudim (1986)
- Sayonara
- Seatbelts Fastened! (2019)
- Signature (1988)
- Sinfonia Hungarica (2000)
- Sinfonietta (2004)
- Singapura Suite (1998)
- Slavia
- The Snail (2013), from Bestiarium
- Spartacus (1989)
- Spirit of Independence
- St Martin's Suite (1992)
- Suite Provençale (1989)
- The Swan on the Hill (2005)
- Tanczi (2006)
- Toccata Festiva
- Volcano
- Yokohama Festival Fanfare (2013)
- Yokohama Festival Overture (2013)
Resources
- Jan Van der Roost website
- Perusal score (in Attachments)
- Roost, J. (1991). Mercury [Concert March] [score]. De Haske: Heerenveen, Netherlands.