Anniversary Fanfare
for brass and percussion
General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Recordings
General Information:
Composition: 1973. This fanfare is intended to be followed immediately by the coronation march Orb and Sceptre.
First Performance: Thursday, 29 November 1973. Royal Festival Hall, London. Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Lt.-Col. Rodney B. Bashford conductor. The EMI 75th Anniversary Concert.
Duration: Under 1 minute
C. Number: C89
Instrumentation:
9 trumpets in B-flat (3.2.2.2), 4 tenor trombones, 3 bass trombones – timpani, 3 percussion (side drum, bass drum, cymbal)
Manuscript:
Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 615. Autograph full score. Titled "Fanfare for the 75th anniversary of E.M.I.". 6 pages.
Publication:
Oxford
University Press, 1975. Materials available for purchase:
| Anniversary Fanfare | 1975 | Full score | 019 3681005 | |
| 1975 | Set of parts | 019 3681129 |
Recordings:
| Orchestra | Conductor | Year | Compact Disc | Timing |
| Philharmonia Orchestra | Sir David Willcocks | 1991 | Chandos CHAN 8998 Chandos CHAN 241-10 |
0'46" |
| The Band of the Scots Guards | Major R. J. Owen | 2002 | SRC 107 | 0'55" |