Fanfare and Flourishes

James Curnow

James Curnow

Subtitle: For a Festive Occasion

General Info

Year: 1995
Duration: c. 2:20
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Curnow Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $59.00   |   Score Only - $11.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

• Snare Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Suspended Cymbal
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This fanfare is based on Charpentier's familiar Te Deum.

- Program Note by publisher

The concert band version of this work was commissioned by the Alfred M. Barbe High School Band, Steve Hand, director.

- Program Note from score

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Audio Links

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class BB
• Minnesota: II
• South Carolina: II
• Virginia: IV

Performances

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• West Virginia University (Morgantown) Symphonic Band (Jay Drury, conductor) – 27 February 2020
• Kent State University (Ohio) All-Star Gold Band (Wendy K. Matthews, conductor) – 11 January 2020
• Concordia University (Irvine, Calif.) Wind Orchestra (Jeff Held, conductor) – 9 November 2019
• Hancock College (Santa Maria, Calif.) Concert Band (Garson Olivieri, conductor) – 11 May 2019
• University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson University Band (Brian Chaplow, conductor) – 4 March 2019
• Sacramento (Calif.) State University Concert Band (Matthew Morse, conductor) – 5 December 2018
• Gettysburg (Penn.) College Symphony Band (Russell McCutcheon, conductor) – 12 October 2018
• Ithaca (N.Y.) College Wind Ensemble (Christopher Hughes, conductor) – 23 September 2018
• River Valley Wind Ensemble (Kankakee County, Ill.) (David Conrad, Conductor) – 6 May 2018
• Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Varsity Band (James Fritz, conductor) – 18 April 2018
• Selma (Calif.) High School Wind Ensemble (Alex Lima, conductor) -16 March 2018 (2018 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
• University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) White Concert Band (Jamal Duncan, conductor) – 5 March 2018
• University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) Red Band (Jamal Duncan, conductor) – 4 March 2018
• Century High School (Rochester, Minn.) Wind Ensemble (Amnda Kaus, conductor) – 2 March 2018
• Bullard High School (Fresno, Calif.) Concert Band (Brad Feyma, conductor) - 21 April 2017 (2017 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
• Ventura County (Calif.) Concert Band (Julie Budd, conductor) – 8 November 2015
• ATSSB (Association of Texas Small School Bands) All-State Symphonic Band (Michael Haithcock, conductor) - 14 February 2015 (2015 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
• River Hill High School (Md.) Wind Ensemble (M. Joseph Fischer, conductor) - 15 March 2013
• San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 15 October 2005

Works for Winds by this Composer

• African Sketches (1992)
• Amber Waves of Grain (1994)
• Amber Waves of Grain (Flex instrumentation) (1994)
• Appalachian Dances (2008)
• Beyond the Stars
• Bridge of the Gods (2012)
• Canticle of the Creatures (1984)
• Canticum (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
• Celebration Fanfare
• Celebration (1994)
• Ceremonial Flourishes (1988)
• Chinese Folk Fantasy (2013)
• Christmas Classics (1993)
• Christmas Fancies (2000)
• Christmas Flourish, A (1998)
• Christmas Prelude (as arranger) (1989)
• Christmas Travelogue (as arranger)
• Concertino for Tuba and Band (1978/2001)
• Concertpiece (1990)
• Concertpiece for Clarinet, Winds and Percussion (1990)
• Dance Episodes (2006)
• Day at the Circus, A (1998)
• Day at the Museum, A (1997)
• Day in Space, A
• Dialogues for Saxophone Quartet, Winds and Percussion (2005)
• Dimensions of Seven
• Dublin Sketches
• Fanfare and Flourishes (1995)
• Fanfare and Flourishes (Flex instrumentation) (1995/2013)
• Fanfare Prelude (1876/1983)
• Fanfare Prelude on "Joy to the World" (1985)
• Fanfare Prelude on Lobe Den Herren (1982/1997)
• Fantasia di Falcone
• Fantasy on a Colonial Air
• Festive Fanfare for the Holidays (2006)
• Festivity (1993)
• Festivo Fantastico (1998)
• Finale for a Winter Festival (2004)
• Freedom Road (1994)
• French Christmas Carol Fantasy (1989)
• Golliwog's Cakewalk (as arranger)
• Guadalcanal March (as arranger) (1952/1989)
• Illini Fantasy (2006)
• In Storm and Sunshine (as arranger) (1884/1986)
• In the Valley of the Sun (2013)
• Inventions from the Sacred Harp (2005)
• Journey (2009)
• Jubilee (Variations on "Saints Bound for Heaven")
• Korean Folk Rhapsody (1988)
• Korean Folk Rhapsody (Flex instrumentation) (1988/2011)
• Land of Tomorrow (2010)
• Lion of Lucerne (1986)
• Lone Star Celebration (1995)
• Megaforce (1997)
• Midway March (as arranger)
• Moment in Time, A
• Mutanza (1981)
• Nathan Hale Trilogy (1990)
• Nathan Hale Trilogy (Flex instrumentation) (1990/2013)
• Nexus (2015)
• Nulli Secundus (Curnow)
• Overture to a Winter Festival (1995)
• Peter and the Wolf (as arranger) (1936/1986)
• Praetorius Variations
• Prelude and Celebration (1996)
• Prelude on a Hymn of Praise (1996)
• Quintessence
• Rejouissance (1988)
• Renaissance Suite (as arranger) (c.1551/1983)
• Renaissance Suite (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (c.1551/1983/2016)
• Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band (1978/1999)
• Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies (1996)
• Romanza (2017)
• Russian Christmas Music (as arranger) (1944/1990)
• Russian Folk Fantasy (1992)
• Seacliffe Overture (1983)
• Selections from Walt Disney's "Fantasia" (1992)
• Slavonic Dances, The (as transcriber)
• Songs of the West (as arranger) (1907/1986)
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice (as arranger) (1897)
• Sovereign Variants
• Suite from "Messiah" (as transcriber) (1741/1989)
• Symphonic Chorale for Band (1989)
• Symphonic Triptych (1978)
• Symphonic Variants (1998)
• Three Colonial Ballads (as arranger)
• Toward the Sunrising (1999)
• Turkish March (as arranger) (1809/2001)
• Valdres (arr Curnow) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2016)
• Valdres (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1904/1985/2015)
• Vanguard (2003)
• A Wexford Reverie (as arranger) (2005)
• When the Morning Stars Sang (2005)
• Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew (1993)
• Winds of Change

References

• Curnow, J. (1995). Fanfare and Flourishes: For a Festive Occasion [score]. Curnow Music Press: Wilmore, Ky.