Chamber Works

VALEDICTION

Fanfare for Brass & Percussion



Duration: 2 minutes



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Originally written for Brass dectet, Valediction was commissioned by Thames Valley University for the graduation ceremonies of 1998 at Wembley Conference Centre, London. The piece was then expanded for full brass section and percussion, and has been used extensively as a fanfare and concert opener.



Distributor:  J. W. Pepper​

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Instrumentation:

Eb Tpt.

Bb Tpt. 1.2.3

F Hn. 1.2

F Hn 3.4 (opt.)

Trb. 1.2.3

Euph.

Tuba

Timp.

S.D.

Clash Cyms.



Additional Notes:

This live recording was made at a concert performance of the piece.



As stated above, although scored for 4 F Horns, parts 3 and 4 are fully cued elsewhere, enabling performance with two horns.