MacMillan, James: They saw the stone had been rolled away (1993) 6'
Fanfare for brass and percussion
Scoring
3tpt.3trbn-perc(2):2timbales/2bongos/5tpl.bl/2wdbl/2cowbells/t.bells/ lg tam-t/BD/4tom-t.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
8/27/1993
St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Festival Ensemble / Christopher Bell
Composer's Notes
This is a short fanfare for brass and percussion to celebrate Easter. The brass material is extracted from my music-theatre piece Visitatio Sepulchri, and specifically from the section where the three women encounter three angels at the entrance to the empty tomb. It has a ritualistic sectional structure in which each brass episode (gradually expanding and becoming more complex with each occurrence) is answered by a simple response for percussion. The fanfare is dedicated to my school music teacher, Bert Richardson.
James MacMillan
Reproduction Rights
This programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a credit to the composer
Recommended Recording
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Joseph Swensen
BIS 1019
Fanfare for brass and percussion
Scoring
3tpt.3trbn-perc(2):2timbales/2bongos/5tpl.bl/2wdbl/2cowbells/t.bells/ lg tam-t/BD/4tom-t.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
World Premiere
8/27/1993
St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Festival Ensemble / Christopher Bell
Composer's Notes
This is a short fanfare for brass and percussion to celebrate Easter. The brass material is extracted from my music-theatre piece Visitatio Sepulchri, and specifically from the section where the three women encounter three angels at the entrance to the empty tomb. It has a ritualistic sectional structure in which each brass episode (gradually expanding and becoming more complex with each occurrence) is answered by a simple response for percussion. The fanfare is dedicated to my school music teacher, Bert Richardson.
James MacMillan
Reproduction Rights
This programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a credit to the composer
Recommended Recording
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Joseph Swensen
BIS 1019
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