Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)

Fool's Fanfare (1972)

for reciter and ensemble

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1972
    • Duration: 7 mn
    • Publisher: Chester Music
    • Opus: 52
    • Commission: Globe Playhouse Trust Ltd
    • Dedication: Sam Wannamaker
Detailed formation
  • soloist: male narrator
  • 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 percussions, ukulele (also mandolin)

Premiere information

  • Date: 23 April 1972
    Location:

    Royaume-Uni, Londres, Southwark Cathedral


    Performers:

    Ron Moody, récitant, London Sinfonietta, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, direction.