Fanfare for a New Theater

Igor Stravinsky

General Info

Year: 1968
Duration: c. 0:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Cost: Score and Parts - $22.61

Instrumentation

Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Dedicated to Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine, this fanfare was composed for the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, new home of the New York City Ballet. Eric Walter White: "The effect of the two trumpets is like that of two pennants flying and crackling in a brisk wind."

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio CD: Gewandhaus Orchestra (Ricardo Chailly, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (William Staub, conductor) - 18 April 2023
Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) Wind Ensemble (Brian E. Messier, conductor) - 1 November 2022
New England Conservatory (Boston, Mass.) Wind Symphony (Grant Knippa and Charlie Jones, trumpets) - 9 December 2020
University of Florida (Gainesville) Wind Symphony (David Waybright, conductor) – 12 February 2019
Illinois State University (Normal) Wind Symphony (Martin H. Seggelke, conductor) - 28 September 2014
Louisiana State University (Louie Eckhardt and Kenneth Kummerfeldt, trumpets) - 11 April 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird" (arr. Longfield) (1910/1998)
Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird" (arr. Goldman) (1910/1941)
Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird" (arr. McAlister and Reed) (1910/1989)
Circus Polka (orch. Raksin) (1942/1948)
Concertino for 12 Instruments (1920/1952)
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (1950)
Ebony Concerto (1946)
Elegy for JFK (1964)
Excerpts from "The Rite of Spring" (arr. Buckley) (1913/2015)
Fanfare for a New Theater (1968)
Finale from "The Firebird" (arr. Story) (1910/2014)
The Firebird: Finale (arr. Hanna) (1910/2023)
The Firebird (trans. Patterson) (1910)
Firebird Excerpts (arr. Bocook) (1910/1995)
The Firebird Suite (tr. Earles, ed. Fennell) (1910/1998)
Fireworks, Op 4 (trans. Rogers) (1908)
Funeral Song (1908)
L'Histoire du Soldat (1918)
Mass for Mixed Chorus and Double Wind Quintet (1948)
Octuor (1923)
Pastorale (1907/1933)
The Rite of Spring (tr. Patterson) (1913/1947)
The Rite of Spring (arr. Sánchez) (1913)
The Rite of Spring (arr. Vosbein) (1913/2011)
Scherzo à la russe (arr. Marciniak) (1944/1977)
Song of the Volga Boatmen (ed. Simpson) (1917/1989)
Suite from "The Firebird" (trans. Nefs) (1919/2013)
Suite from "The Firebird" (trans. Knox) (1919)
Suite No 2 for Wind Ensemble or Small Concert Band (tr. McAlister and Binney) (1921/1988)
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920, rev. 1947)
Symphony of Psalms (1930/1948)

Resources

Stravinsky, I. (1968). Fanfare for a New Theatre: Two Trumpets [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: London