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The William Walton Trust and the Fondazione William Walton e La Mortella have the following general objectives:

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Visit the site of the spectacular subtropical and mediterranean garden developed since 1956 by the late Susana Walton.

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Anniversary Fanfare, for brass and percussion (1973)

• Composition: 1973. This fanfare is intended to be followed immediately by the coronation march Orb and Sceptre.
First Performance: Thursday, 29 November 1973. Royal Festival Hall, London. Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Lt.-Col. Rodney B. Bashford conductor. The EMI 75th Anniversary Concert.
Duration: Under 1 minute
Craggs Catalogue Number: C89
Instrumentation: 9 trumpets in B-flat (3.2.2.2), 4 tenor trombones, 3 bass trombones – timpani, 3 percussion (side drum, bass drum, cymbal)
Manuscript: Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 615. Autograph full score. Titled “Fanfare for the 75th anniversary of E.M.I.”. 6 pages.
Publication: Oxford University Press, 1975. Materials available for purchase:

Anniversary Fanfare 1975 Full score 019 3681005  
1975 Set of parts 019 3681129  

Recordings:

Orchestra Conductor Year Compact Disc Timing
Philharmonia Orchestra Sir David Willcocks 1991 Chandos CHAN 8998
Chandos CHAN 241-10
0’46”
The Band of the Scots Guards Major R. J. Owen 2002 SRC 107 0’55”