Review

David Uber
Concert Fanfare Opus 473:
3,2,2,0,1

Delevan, NY, United States
Publisher: Kendor Music
Date of Publication: 2005
URL: http://www.kendormusic.com

Primary Genre: Brass Ensemble - 6+ brass (choir)

Concert Fanfare is dedicated to Nobuhiro Noguchi and the Real Brass Osaka. It is a great concert opener that features many of the gestures we have come to associate with David Uber’s music: pyramid entrances, soft harmonies often moving parallel to one another, simple counterpoint between groups of instruments. Typical fanfare rhythms predominate and a brief, four measure slower passage featuring horn sets off powerful brass statements. First trumpet tops out at a sustained written a2. Most of the writing is in the staff for everyone. Traditional, pleasing, but uniquely David Uber.

-Mike Hall
Old Dominion University