Category Archives: Brass ensemble

Listening to Britten – Fanfare for St Edmundsbury

Posted on December 5, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

The nave of Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, Suffolk Photo taken by James@hopgrove, August 2005, courtesy of Wikipedia. Fanfare for St Edmundsbury for three trumpets (in C) (May 1959, Britten aged 45) Dedication For the Pageant of Magna Carta at Bury … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – Fanfare, ‘The Eagle Has Two Heads’

Posted on October 22, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Picture from Amazon The Eagle Has Two Heads – Fanfare for 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, euphonium, E flat bass and percussion (cymbal, side drum) (pre 4 September 1946, Britten aged 32) Dedication not known Duration 1’20” … Continue reading →

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Listening to Britten – Russian Funeral

Posted on July 15, 2013 by goodmorningbritten

Photo (c) Ben Hogwood Russian Funeral – known also by Britten as War and death, an impression for brass orchestra – for 4 horns (‘ad lib’), 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba and percussion (24 February – 2 March 1936, Britten … Continue reading →

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