Fanfare for a New Institute (2018)
for three instrumental groups in separate but connected spaces
On the occasion of Africa Open's Opening
Commissioned by Africa Open Institute, with additional financial support from Air Ethiopia
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Score and Parts BDE 1241
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Duration: 2 minutes
Video
USSWE (2019) https://youtu.be/52XMU6-nwn0
Première
First performance: Tuesday 9 October 2018, 18h00; Africa Open Institute, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Musicians of Africa Open Institute and Stellenbosch Conservatorium
Programme note
Fanfares date back particularly to the 19th century as a musical announcement of the arrival of an important person, and were traditionally played by trumpets plus other brass instruments and percussion. In the 20th century it has been more widely used: there are fanfares for all sorts of occasions by Copland, De Falla, Satie and Stravinsky, whose “Fanfare for a New Theatre” partly inspired mine. In the central space it features two trumpets and side drum, with a group of wind and a group of strings in two adjoining spaces.
for three instrumental groups in separate but connected spaces
On the occasion of Africa Open's Opening
Commissioned by Africa Open Institute, with additional financial support from Air Ethiopia
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Score and Parts BDE 1241
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Duration: 2 minutes
Video
USSWE (2019) https://youtu.be/52XMU6-nwn0
Première
First performance: Tuesday 9 October 2018, 18h00; Africa Open Institute, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Musicians of Africa Open Institute and Stellenbosch Conservatorium
Programme note
Fanfares date back particularly to the 19th century as a musical announcement of the arrival of an important person, and were traditionally played by trumpets plus other brass instruments and percussion. In the 20th century it has been more widely used: there are fanfares for all sorts of occasions by Copland, De Falla, Satie and Stravinsky, whose “Fanfare for a New Theatre” partly inspired mine. In the central space it features two trumpets and side drum, with a group of wind and a group of strings in two adjoining spaces.
