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Two Fanfares for trumpets in four parts

  1. Fanfare for Gustav Holst, written for the unveiling ceremony of a portrait sculpture of Holst at Montpelier Gardens, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 4th April 2008, by the renowned conductor Sir Mark Elder and played by trumpeters from Pate’s Grammar School, Cheltenham.
  2. Pae-G-an, a fanfare for the opening of a sculpture by Anish Kapoor at the ancient stone circle called the Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire in 2003 (but not performed). To be played by four players (or more) standing at the four cardinal points and thus forming a circle.

    First performed by the brass of the Music for You summer course, conductor Guy Woolfenden, Herefordshire, 2003.

Moderately difficult. Approximately (1) 1 min 30 sec, (2) 1 min 10 sec.

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