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ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE
instrumentation
3 flutes (1 st doubling piccolo)
2 oboes
2 bass clarinets in Bb
2 bassoons contrabassoon
4 horns in F
3 C trumpets
2 tenor trombones bass trombone tuba
timpani percussion (3 players): field drum, bass drum, hi-hat, sandpaper blocks, shaker, 4 roto-toms, suspended cymbal, snare drum, tamborine, clave, castinets, triangle, tam-tam
piano
strings
PROGRAM NOTES
A quick and energetic opener filled with lopsided grooves and coy asides, this fanfare was commissioned and premiered by the SF Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas.