French composer and conductor Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) published Fanfares Liturgiques in 1952. As with his other wind compositions  Fanfares Liturgiques was well-received by audiences. Tomasi was born in Marseille but his Father and Mother were originally from La Casinca in Corsica. Despite being pressured into musical studies by his parents Tomasi dreamed of becoming a sailor and during the summer he stayed with his Grandmother in Corsica where he learnt traditional Corsican songs. However in 1921 he began his studies at the Paris Conservatoire and went on to become ahigh profile composer and conductor. Tomasi did not forget his Corsican routes often incorporating themes of the songs he had learnt during the summers with his Grandmother into his compositions. Composed for an unusual instrumentation of Brass Ensemble Timpani and Drums  Fanfares Liturgiques comprises four movements; 1) Annunciation 2) Gospel 3) Apocalypse and 4) Good Friday Procession. This Tomasi piece is suitable to advanced players and provides an exciting alternative addition to the ensemble repertoire.

With Family Fanfares Betty Roe has composed and dedicated a set of pieces for Brass Quartet to her three grandsons. This is a poignant and personal suite but all four pieces are rousing and entertaining to hear and play. Though these are all superb individual pieces there is the option to play them altogether in order.

Four Sketches for Band comprend quatre mouvements courts de caractère varié qui dépeignent l?atmosphère d?une fête foraine à l?ancienne. Les mélodies sont agréablement divertissantes mais ont une structure rythmique simple. L?instrumentation de la composition est parfaite pour fanfares à taille réduite. Chaque mouvement de cette composition peut être utilisé en tant que morceau de concert indépendant.

Hugh Wood's Ballade Op.57 for Piano was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by Joanna MacGregor on 7th June 2012 at the Guildhall Bath as part of the Bath International Music Festival.'The music of Chopinis a revelation which came disgracefully late in my life. To admire is one thing; to try to emulate is quite another: and all that I have borrowed here is a title. Perhaps memories of Joanna MacGregor performing the FourthBallade very beautifully long ago played a part in the naming. But to define what a Ballade should or should not be is quite beyond me: after all Chopin and Brahms both came to quite different conclusions. I just like theold rather poetic word.A fanfarish beginning ends in a falling arpeggionic cascade which will recur in varied form at turning points throughout the piece. A major third emerges to become the accompaniment to the mainlyrical melody which becomes more and more decorated until it ends with a second cascade. The tune resumes more urgently against an undulating semiquaver accompaniment. A bigger climax suddenly gives way to a reminiscence of oneof the opening figures and then introduces alla recit. a new motif. But immediately the main melody continues this time getting gradually calmer quieter and sweeter until the new motif takes over in a passage of 6 and ismore fully worked out.From very high up the opening fanfares are heard in the distance and a faster tempo brings a more vigorous passage culminating in the biggest and most climactic of the cascades. This might be theend of the piece but it is not. A sequence of soft velvety chords rises up eventually to reveal the original major third. Four phrases of the opening melody are then heard over it in their plainest form.' - H.W.

Praise the Lord! his glories show-This is a grand and exultant arrangement of the hymn tune 'Llanfair' and is presented with two text options: 'Hail the day that sees him rise' for use at Easter and 'Praise the Lord! his glories show' for the rest of the year. Wilberg has treated the melody in several ways including a four-part unaccompanied verse and a jubilant descant (optional); the accompaniment adds further triumphant colour with fanfares and scalic flourishes.

Score-St. Lawrence Suite was commissioned by the Power Authority of the State of New York and the Hydro-Electric Power Comission of Ontario for the ceremony September 5 1958 marking the delivery of commercialhydro-electric power from the joint Robert Moses Power Dam and Robert H. Saunders St. Lawrence Generating Station. At this opening of the great St. Lawrence Power Project the composer conducted the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corpsmilitary band in the first performance of this music.St. Lawrence Suite consists of four commemorative movements. Although folk tunes are not used literally the idiom of the work is simple and folk-like incharacter.I. Dedication: lyrical and atmospheric evoking the open country and waterways.II. Quickstep: gay and implying movement and development.III. Chansonette:simple and song-like with an 'old-world' touch.IV. Commemoration March: vigorous and driving culminating in a transformed exposition of the opening 'Dedication' theme.Throughout the work the composermakes use of two solo Trumpets whose antiphon calls serve to introduce and comment on these movements. They symbolise in a general sense the two host countries on either side of the United States-Canadian border. In the finalmovements these Trumpets blend with the band in fanfares that bring the work to a close.

20 Chorales Hymns and Folk Songs for Fanfare Band-Pour aider à fournir du matériel approprié aux fanfares plus petites pour perfectionner les techniques de base comme intonation phrasés dynamique balance son et interaction Bert Appermont a choisi dix cantiques et chansons populaires avec précaution et en a composé lui-même dix davantage. Les morceaux sont organisés par tonalité et sont convenables en tant que pièces d?échauffement pour des concours des concerts ou des services religieux.

20 Chorales Hymns and Folk Songs for Band-Pour aider à fournir du matériel approprié aux fanfares plus petites pour perfectionner les techniques de base comme intonation phrasés dynamique balance son et interaction Bert Appermont a choisi dix cantiques et chansons populaires avec précaution et en a composé lui-même dix davantage. Les morceaux sont organisés par tonalité et sont convenables en tant que pièces d?échauffement pour des concours des concerts ou des services religieux.

A work in five movements each characterizing a poem by Chaucer. 'Triton's Trumpets' acts as an overture to the suite of pieces is mainly rather rustic and as its title implies much of its music is in the nature of fanfares. Next is a haunting slow waltz then a very short and very vigorous fanfare. In the fourth movement 'The Sorrowful Knight' each instrument expresses its individual sorrow. Finally Chaucer himself chatters in a jaunty innocent style.