Rediscovery

Program Notes

This fanfare was written to open the first concert of the 2023-2024 season for UBC Bands, directly preceding Flourish for Wind Band by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Flourish was lost after its 1939 premiere and was only uncovered in 1971 . The renaissance of this work felt like a satisfying parallel to the composition of this concert opener; in responding to Flourish fifty-two years later, I hope to rethink and recontextualize the original work, not upstaging but offering renewed perspective.

Instrumentation

The piece comes in two different instrumentations (instruments in square brackets are optional. Oboe, low winds and horns are cued in other parts.:

Original instrumentation: fl., ob., bsn., [Eb cl.], Bb cl. 1–3, [a. cl.], b. cl., a.sax. 1–2, t.sax., bar.sax., horn 1–2 [3–4], tpt. 1–3, tbn. 1–3, euph. (B.C., T.C.), tuba, s.b., timp., perc. (cr. cym., s.d., b.d.)

Expanded instrumentation: fl., ob., bsn., [Cbsn.], [Eb cl.], Bb cl. 1–3, [a. cl.], b. cl., [cb.cl.], a.sax. 1–2, t.sax.,bar. sax., horn 1–2 [3–4], tpt. 1–3, tbn. 1–3, euph. (B.C., T.C.), tuba, s.b., timp., perc. 1 (cr. cym., s.d., b.d.), 2 (4 tom-toms), 3 (marimba)

Premiered October 13, 2023 by UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble, cond. Robert Taylor. Recording coming soon!!