originally Fanfare for the orchestral brass, written Christmas 1967

4 horns , 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 tubas

in one movement (1½´)

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

Music excerpts

sound excerpts on Music Boulevard

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 BBC broadcast
members of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves

18 September 1973 . Liverpool, UK / live BBC broadcast
members of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves

14 September 1974 . Royal Albert Hall, London, UK / Last Night of the Proms (live BBC broadcast)
members of BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Charles Groves

5 October 1976 . University of Alberta, Edmonton

14 April 1983
MSU Brass Choir, MSU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, conductor Schulz

11 March 1984 . Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (recorded 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

Commercial recordings

20 or 21 February 1977 .  St Peter's Church, Morden / Chandos
Locke Brass Consort, conductor James Stobart

May 1996 . Mosfilm Studio, Moscow / Marco Polo
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anthony Rowe

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