A Queen's Fanfare
for brass ensemble
General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Recordings
General Information:
Composition: 1959
First Performance: Friday, 5 June 1959. Westminster Hall, London. The State Trumpeters. For the Queen's entrance at a NATO Parliamentary Conference.
Duration: Under 1 minute
C. Number: C69
Instrumentation:
Trumpet in E-flat, 7 trumpets in B-flat (three are optional), 2 tenor trombones, 2 bass trombones (second is optional)
Manuscript:
The British Library, Manuscript Collections. Manuscript Add. 59813, "Macnaghten Concerts Collection Vol. XVII". The second manuscript in this volume of the collection. Autograph full score. 7 pages.
Publication:
Oxford University Press, 1972. Materials available for purchase:
| A Queen's Fanfare | 1972 | Full score | ISBN 019 3681862 | Buy from SheetMusicPlus.com |
| 1972 | Set of parts | ISBN 019 3681994 | Buy from SheetMusicPlus.com |
Recordings:
| Ensemble | Conductor | Year | Compact Disc | Timing |
| Philharmonia Orchestra | Sir David Willcocks | 1991 | Chandos CHAN 8998 | 0'43" |
| The Wallace Collection | Stephen Layton | 2002 | Hyperion CDA67330 | 0'42" |
| The Band of the Scots Guards | Major R. J. Owen | 2002 | SRC 107 | 0'43" |