— Classical Lost and Found
Composed originally as the first movement of On Music’s Wings for the Pacific Symphony’s 25th anniversary celebration, Silver Fanfare has been performed by many of America’s most prominent orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, Utah Symphony, Boston Pops, San Diego Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Boyer’s recording with the London Philharmonic Orchestra has become popular on many American classical radio stations, with hundreds of broadcasts around the United States, and has also been broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and others abroad.
Silver Fanfare has enjoyed several special distinctions in high-profile programs: it was the opening work of the 2015, 2016, and 2017 seasons of the Hollywood Bowl (sharing the bill with rock/pop groups Journey, Steely Dan, and The Moody Blues); the opening work of the 2011 season of the Boston Pops; nationally telecast from the Nashville Symphony’s 2019 and 2023 Fourth of July concerts with fireworks before huge audiences; and was performed during the opening week of the San Diego Symphony’s Rady Shell in 2021.
A new version for concert band, transcribed by Don Patterson, was created for “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in 2019, and performed on that famed ensemble’s West Coast concert tour in October 2019 (including a concert at UCLA’s Royce Hall, at which John Williams made a surprise appearance to conduct his own music).
Instrumentation
picc.2.3(III=corA).3(III=bcl).3(III=cbsn)—4.3.3.1—timp.perc(4)—harp—pft—strings
Duration
4:00
Composition Date and Commission
Composed 2004
Commissioned by the Pacific Symphony to celebrate its 25th anniversary season
Critical Acclaim
“This delightful concert work has a sort of Bruce Broughton/John Williams-esque style with great writing across the orchestra…”
— Cinemusical
“Peter Boyer’s brilliant Silver Fanfare helped kick off the [Cleveland Orchestra] program…”
— The Plain Dealer