Festival fanfare

1 movement, 1967†, orig Fanfare for the orchestral brass, 1:30

originally Fanfare for the orchestral brass, written Christmas 1967

4 horns , 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 tubas

Musica Viva published a facsimile study score in 1977, now out of print
Publisher : United Music Publishing Ltd

Timings

Groves (York) 1973Braithwaite (York) 1984Rowe 1996
Total1:301:401:39

Performances

7 May 1972 [first performance] Urbana, Illinois (performance repeated)
University of Illinois Wind Ensemble, conductor Robert Gray
6 June 1973 [first UK performance] York Minster, UK
live broadcast BBC
members of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
18 September 1973 Liverpool, UK
live broadcast BBC
members of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
14 September 1974 Royal Albert Hall, London, UK / Last Night of the Proms
live broadcast BBC
members of BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves
5 October 1976 University of Alberta, Edmonton
20 or 21 February 1977 St Peter’s Church, Morden
Locke Brass Consort, conductor James Stobart
14 April 1983
MSU Brass Choir, MSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, conductor Schulz
11 March 1984 Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (recording for later transmission)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Braithwaite
12 March 1984 Hanley (part of the 1984 York Festival)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Braithwaite
May 1996 Mosfilm Studio, Moscow
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anthony Rowe

Recordings

Chandos CHAN 6573 released July 2003
20 or 21 February 1977 St Peter’s Church, Morden
Locke Brass Consort, conductor James Stobart
Naxos 8.570506 released July 2007
May 1996 Mosfilm Studio, Moscow
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anthony Rowe
• The Marco Polo cycle – David J Brown