Small Ensemble Timpani - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.821197 Composed by Gordon Thornett. Contemporary. Score and parts. 60 pages. Gordon John Thornett #2033367. Published by Gordon John Thornett (A0.821197). Fanfare for Tony was written for the inaugural conference of the British Association for Music Therapy, and first performed on 21st February 2014 by students of Birmingham Conservatoire of Music, and this is a slightly shortened version. The piece, scored for ten brass instruments and timpani, was written in memory of Prof. Tony Wigram, a leading figure in the world of music therapy, who died in 2011. It contains a number of passing references to music therapy songs, and quotations from music strongly associated with Tony's family, including a Danish folksong (introduced by the four trombones), and a theme from the Organ Symphony by Saint-Saens. A short fugato section leads to a triumphant ending, featuring the German hymn tune Nun danker alle Gott.
