• 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” |