Fanfare for the New Sun
Subtitle: For Brass & Percussion
General Info
Year: 2020
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Aaron Houston
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $135.00 | Score Only (print) - $55.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-VI
Horn in F I-II-III-IV-V
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
Timpani
Percussion (2 players), including:
- Bass Drum (large)
- Suspended Cymbal
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Almost every culture, religion, or mythology has some belief of renewal built into their faith. Whether it is the cyclical view of life in the Hindu faith, the Christian belief in a “new earth” after the apocalypse, or the rebirth of “Life and Life’s Yearning” after Ragnarok in Norse mythology, many societies throughout history have found ways to depict their hope of what is to come after the cataclysmic “end”. To put it more simply and quote Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park): “Life uh...finds a way.”
Fanfare for the New Sun takes its title from this idea of renewal and rebirth. In Norse mythology, the final destiny of the gods is the great battle of Ragnarok and all the worlds end “in ash and flood” (Gaiman, p. 279). However, even after this great destruction there is always more to come:
“The sun will have been eaten, but the sun’s daughter will shine in the place of her mother, and the new sun will shine even more brightly than the old, shine with young light and new.” (Gaiman, pp. 279-280)
With this hope of rebirth, there is always a persistence to move forward toward the light of a new day: not by denying the reality of the darkness and destruction that took place, but by remembering and still deciding to begin anew.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Dallas Winds Brass & Percussion (Ogechi Ukazu, conductor) - 18 October 2022
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- Ave Maria (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
All Wind Works
- All in Good Time (2023)
- Ave Maria (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Blackwater River (2018)
- Dog Days (2022)
- Fanfare for the New Sun (2020)
Resources
- Aaron Houston, personal correspondence, October 2022
- Aaron Houston website Accessed 18 October 2022
- Perusal score