Fanfare for Baroque Trumpets (1995)

duration 3:00

8 baroque (natural) trumpets and timpani

For the North Texas Baroque Trumpet Ensemble

4 natural trumpets in C
4 natural trumpets in C-flat
Timpani (3 drums)

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This work is a raucous fanfare. I had the idea to use two different tunings of the instruments so I could achieve a duality; aka polytonality, within the ensemble. Many combinations of harmonies are possible using only the harmonic series. Part of the fascination was to create something engaging within strict restrictions. At the time I was playing the trumpet, and was in the baroque trumpet ensemble at the university. We toured Germany in 1996 for a week near the end of term, and played this work several times. The piece was played again in London, England during my masters studies in composition.

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