Title Music for the BBC Shakespeare Series
for orchestral winds and percussion
General Information – Instrumentation – Manuscript – Publication – Recordings
General Information:
Composition: 1977
First Performance: Thursday, 26 January 1978. Lime Grove dubbing studio of BBC TV, London. English National Opera Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones conductor. Recording session for the BBC-TV Shakespeare series. First broadcast on Sunday, 3 December 1978.
Duration: Under 1 minute
C. Number: C96
Instrumentation:
2 piccolos, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons – 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones – timpani, 2 percussion (tabor, tambourine)
Manuscript:
Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 619. Autograph full score. Titled "Opening Fanfare Shakespeare TV series 25 seconds". 1 page.
Publication: This work has never been published.
Recordings: This work has never been recorded for commercial release.