Two Festive Fanfares

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Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Oboe 3, Oboe 4, Oboe 5, Oboe 6, English Horn 1, English Horn 2, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Bassoon 3 — Fanfare from "Monument to Color and Light" opens the set (from the orchestral tone poem written for the Colorado National Monument centennial), with melodic lines jumping through the shimmering ensemble. Front Range Fanfare, originally for brass ensemble (114-41470), was inspired by Ewazen's first glimpse of the Rockies rising up from the plains of Colorado. Says Ewazen, "It is grand and majestic, with bold, melodic motives that leap and jump, leading to a resonant and celebratory chorale, bringing these two fanfares to a heroic finale."