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Festival 2023 opening night fanfares

Join us in celebrating opening night with fanfares in the gardens.

Join us in celebrating opening night with fanfares in the gardens composed by our Balancing the Score composers, Lucy Armstrong and Alex Ho, performed by members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Timings and locations

Pre-performance fanfares

Fanfare by Lucy Armstrong (90 seconds)
Natural Trumpet in D, Alto Sackbut, Natura; Horn in D, Bass Sackbut 
Time: 5.00pm
Location: by the lake – in front of the large beech tree with the round bench halfway down the lake

For The Headless Horse by Alex Ho (60 seconds)
Natural Trumpet in C, Natural Horn in F, Sackbut
Time
: 5.02pm
Location: by the Horse’s Head sculpture

Long interval fanfares

Fanfare by Lucy Armstrong (90 seconds)
Natural Trumpet in D, Alto Sackbut, Natura; Horn in D, Bass Sackbut 
Time: 8.00pm
Location: by the lake – in front of the large beech tree with the round bench halfway down the lake

For The Headless Horse by Alex Ho (60 seconds)
Natural Trumpet in C, Natural Horn in F, Sackbut
Time: 8.02pm
Location: by the Horse’s Head sculpture


Image credits: Header, photo by Graham Carlow

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