

Bruce Lazarus
Starry Messenger
Fanfare for Brass Quintet (2022)
for horn in F, 2× trumpet in Bb, trombone and tuba
Duration: 8'
Instrumentation details:
horn in F
trumpet in Bb
trumpet in Bb
trombone
tuba
Starry Messenger
Sample pages
Work introduction
Starry Messenger, an eight-minute fanfare for brass quintet, was inspired by a quote from Galileo Galilei’s first book of astronomical observations, The Starry Messenger (Sidereus Nuncius, 1610):
"I have seen stars in myriads, which have never been seen before, and which surpass the old, previously known, stars in number more than ten times...”