Pacific Fanfare

From Wind Repertory Project
Score Cover

Frank Ticheli


General Info

Year: 1994 / 2002
Duration: 5:20
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Manhattan Beach Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $95.00   |   Score Only - $15.00


Instrumentation

CHOIR I:
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contrabassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Timpani

CHOIR II:
B-flat Trumpet I, III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I, III (Bass)
Euphonium
Percussion I

  • Suspended Cymbal (small)
  • Snare Drum
  • Tam-Tam
  • Tom-Toms (2: small and medium)
  • Tubular Bells
  • Vibraphone


OFF-STAGE:
Solo Trumpet off-stage (in Bb, C, & Eb, at player's preference)
Solo Horn in F off-stage

CHOIR III:
B-flat Trumpet II, IV
Horn in F III-IV
Trombone II
Tuba
Percussion II, including:

  • Suspended Cymbal (medium)
  • Tam-Tam
  • Tom-Tom (medium and large)
  • Tubular Bells
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Pacific Fanfare, scored for woodwinds, brass and percussion, exploits several spatial characteristics of a large concert hall. Onstage, the brass and percussion sections are separated into two antiphonal choirs, with the woodwinds and timpani situated in the middle. Offstage, peripheral solo trumpet and horn project sounds from behind the audience.

The piece is a tribute to the great Venetian composer Giovanni Gabrieli, who brilliantly utilized the space of St. Mark's Cathedral in his polychoral works and antiphonal fanfares.

There are two main themes, one based on wide melodic leaps (successive ascending fifths), the other based on a rapid repeated-note figure. In the beginning they are nostalgic and elegiacal, but by the second half of the piece they take on more grand, fanfare-like personalities.

Pacific Fanfare was completed in June of 1994 during a summer residency at Yaddo, an artist colony in Saratoga Springs, New York. It was composed as a gift to Carl St.Clair and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.

- Program Note by compsoer


Media


State Ratings

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Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music


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Resources

  • Frank Ticheli website Accessed 6 July 2020
  • Ticheli, F. (2002). Pacific Fanfare: For Concert Band [score]. Manhattan Beach Music: Brooklyn, N.Y.