Fanfare for the New Sun

From Wind Repertory Project
Aaron Houston

Aaron Houston


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


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Performances

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  • Dallas Winds Brass & Percussion (Ogechi Ukazu, conductor) - 18 October 2022


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