Rococo Fanfare
for large symphony orchestra orchestra (3333/4331/timp+4/strings)
composed 2019, rev. 2025
ca. 7½ min.
written for Maestro Joseph Caminiti and the West Chester University Symphony Orchestra
winner of the 2020 WCUSO Composition Competition
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Full Instrumentation:
- piccolo
- 2 flutes
- 2 oboes
- english horn
- 2 clarinets in B♭
- bass clarinet in B♭
- 2 bassoons
- contrabassoon
- 4 horns in F
- straight mute required – hn 1
- stop mutes required – hn 3 & 4
- 3 trumpets in C
- straight and cup mutes
- 2 trombones
- straight mute required – tbn 1
- bass trombone
- tuba
- timpani
- percussion (3-4 players):
- 1. tambourine, snare drum, bass drum (shared with per. 2)
- 2. triangles (2), claves, temple blocks (4), brake drum, bass drum (shared with per. 1)
- 3. Crotales (bow required), xylophone, vibraphone
- 4. wind machine (opt.)
- strings
- violin I
- violin II
- viola
- violoncello
- contrabass
Program Note:
Rococo Fanfare is a short, energetic work meant to function as a lively concert opener while showcasing the entire orchestra. The piece is broken into two related halves: the first of which continuously expands upon a trenchant, pandiatonic fanfare in the brass, juxtaposed with running flourishes in the woodwinds and strings. In the second half, the work exploits several possibilities of a waltzing theme first introduced in the violins, then passed around the ensemble. The full piece climaxes in a post-minimalistic inspired rush of sound, leaving the audience left sitting in a pool of resonance.
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