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.