Attack Decay Sustain Release (Band)
For Band
A fanfare for orchestra, arranged for band
Category: Openers & Tone Poems, Band
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
1 piccolo
2 flutes
2 oboes
2 bassoons contrabassoon
4 clarinets in Bb
2 bass clarinets in Bb
Alto Saxophone Tenor Saxophone Baritone Saxophone
3 C trumpets 4 horns in F
2 trombones bass trombone tuba
timpani
percussion (4 players):
field drum, bass drum, hi-hat, sandpaper blocks, shaker, 4 roto-toms, suspended cymbal, snare drum, tamborine, clave, castinets, triangle, tam-tam, marimba
piano