Fanfares for Salute to the Red Army

for brass and timpani

General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Recordings

General Information:

Composition:  1943. Composed for a pageant, written by Louis MacNeice and produced by Basil Dean, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Red Army.

First Performance:  21 February 1943. Royal Albert Hall, London. Trumpets and drums of the Life Guards, the Royal House Guards, and the Royal Air Force, Sir Malcolm Sargent conductor.

C. Number:  C48

Instrumentation:

Walton's exact instrumentation is unknown, though the surviving recording indicates the work called for brass and timpani.

Manuscript:  There is no known surviving manuscript of this work.

Arrangements:

• Memorial Fanfare for Henry Wood, for large orchestra (1945)

Publication:  This work has never been published.

Recordings:

This work has never been recorded commercially.  An archival recording of the premiere performance survives in the BBC Archive (recording 5985-9), and this is the only known surviving musical material of these fanfares.

WilliamWalton.net – Catalogue of Works – Band Music