Shining Sword
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General Info
Year: 2002
Duration: c. 1:50
Difficulty: II-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Studio Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - £36.95
Instrumentation
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Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This extended fanfare was written for the Royal Air Force Bomber Command Commemorations in 2002. The prototype Avro Lancaster bomber was launched into the skies in 1941 and proved to be a significant factor in winning the Second World War. Its slender silvery outline led it to be known as the “Shining Sword”.
This musical tribute has featured extensively in Bomber Command commemorations especially at the opening of their Memorial, in London’s Green Park, a fitting tribute to the 55,573 crew members who lost their lives during WW2.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio CD: Royal Air Force College Band - 2017
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- North Ayrshire (Scotland) Senior Band (Mae Murray, conductor) - 13 April 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Acentos Orscuros
- At the Splash with Sim
- Baile de Gitano
- Barney
- British Dances
- Glimpse of Paradise, A
- Pastime with Good Company (as arranger)
- Phoenix Rising
- Shining Sword (2002)
- Songs of the Great War (1914-1918)
- Songs of World War II (as arranger) (1996/)
- Spirit of the Dance (2011)
Resources
- Rob Wiffin website Accessed 10 May 2018
- Wiffin, R. (2014). Shining Sword [score]. Studio Music Co.: Luton, Bedfordshire, Eng.