Eagle's Fanfare

Opening with a mysterious and dramatic introduction, musicians will be thrilled by the sounds of whole-tone scales juxtaposed with diatonic brass writing in an accessible manner that embraces each instrument in the wind orchestra in its most comfortable registers. Following this, a tuneful procession allows each musician to sing through extended phrases, learning to sustain long lines in the process. A transitory passage in the minor mode exposes the players to reading accidentals in the score, alongside character changes into a more sombre setting, before going through positive modulation back into the triumphant procession theme. Ideal to open your concert with!