Attack Decay Sustain Release (Orchestra)
Fanfare for Orchestra
Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Riccardo Muti
Category: Openers & Tone Poems
Duration 4
Program Notes
A quick and energetic opener filled with lopsided grooves and coy asides, this fanfare was commissioned and premiered by the SF Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas.
Instrumentation
3 Flutes (1 = picc)
2 Oboes
2 Bass Clarinets
2 Bassoons / 1 Contra
4 Horns
3 C Trumpets
2 Ten Trombones / 1 Bass Trombone
Tuba
3 Perc / 1 Timp
Piano
Strings