Fanfare, Lament, & Finale

This 3-movement work grabs your attention from the opening notes of the Fanfare to the powerful heart-wrenching Lament to the rousing, swashbuckling Finale. The Fanfare may be detached and performed as a concert opener by itself.

Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard
Level: 4 | Duration: 8:45

Instrumentation
Piccolo
Flute 1/2
Oboe 1/2
Bassoon
Bb Clarinet 1
Bb Clarinet 2/3
Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone 1/2
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone

Bb Trumpet 1
Bb Trumpet 2/3
F Horn 1/2
Trombone 1
Trombone 2/3
Baritone
Baritone T.C.
Tuba

Timpani
Percussion 1 (chimes, bells, bass drum, marimba)
Percussion 2 (snare drum, crash cymbals, tam-tam, suspended cymbal)

Program Notes
Fanfare, Lament, Finale was inspired by a conversation with Paula Crider, a former band director at the University of Texas at Austin. In the course of a discussion about the current state of band repertoire, Ms. Crider pointed out that there are very few fanfares available to use as concert openers, especially for high school honor bands -- that is, aside from Jack Stamp's repertoire -- and that I should consider making a contribution to this area. I took her advice. Once the fanfare was finished, I decided it would be fun to develop the two most prominent features of the fanfare as the basis of two additional movements. The result is a suite in which the first movement may be detached and played as a concert opener by itself, or the whole piece can be performed as a unit.

- Kimberly K. Archer