Fanfare for the Common Man

Start with the percussion alone (the introduction): bass drum, timpani and tam-tam. The first fanfare flourish rings out in the brass (Theme: Trumpets), with a falling answer, and then the flourish returns. Next the falling idea is expanded, and then the percussion returns. Across the piece the trumpets state the rising theme, the horns join on its second rise, and the whole brass choir builds to a final held note over a roll on timpani and tam-tam.

1. 0:01Introduction
2. Theme: Trumpets