Fanfare For Ten-Years-Old (Video of Piano arrangement)

[pete 907]

I just stumbled upon this video and I don't recall it being mentioned here.

So if not, here then is perhaps your chance to hear this little gem for the first time:

And the same pianist has recorded a lot of other Williams works as well as pieces by other film composers. I'll be spending most of the day exploring them...

http://www.youtube.com/user/PSearPianist

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Fanfare for Ten Years Old. The other way sounds a bit silly and weird.

[Elmo Lewis 6]

Awesome.

[Jay 37,379]

It's definitely "Fanfare For Ten Years Old", not "Fanfare For Ten Year Olds", lol.

It has been mentioned before, but it was buried in another thread:

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19073&view=findpost&p=651328

[King Mark 3,631]

it's hard to judge a Williams fanfare from a piano arrangement or a midi.

[Jay 37,379]

Yea I wonder if the sheet music is out there and somebody could assemble a small orchestra to record it?

[Thor 7,531]

Cool! Great find. Never heard this one before, but always been very curious about it.

[pete 907]

It's definitely "Fanfare For Ten Years Old", not "Fanfare For Ten Year Olds", lol.

Thanks for the clarification! I always thought it was Fanfare For Ten-Year-Olds, as in a fanfare for children.

You're welcome Thor, it was certainly a nice surprise for me when I stumbled upon it.

[Thor 7,531]

Yeah, I thought the same thing....a fanfare for some children event!

[Marcus 390]

... And I'm guessing it really is "Fanfare for Ten-Year-Olds". Not only because it's more musical sounding English, but also because I believe the Young Charleston Theater Company, for whom it was written, is a children's theater company (although I could be wrong). Secondly, the music is obviously Williams being festive in a "childish" manner; it's purposely simplistic and "innocent", wholly different from his celebratory pieces written for a more "general" audience, and from what he would have likely written, were he to musically celebrate an "adult" institution (i.e. "Theme for Great Performances", etc.).

[Thor 7,531]

Yup, makes sense.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I can't really find anything on that theater company. I thought it was written for a tenth anniversary. Or at least I read that on one of the JW fansites. So it's either a fanfare celebrating ten years for that company or a fanfare for ten year olds. Or both.

[tiomkin 0]

Nice! I have the same sheet music. It's in the piano book titled:

"John Williams Fanfares And Themes". It has a solid blue cover.

The pianist does an excellent job. I haven't attempted that particular

piece myself, I am still trying to learn "The Mission Theme From NBC News"

(from the same book). Oh, and the title listed in the book really is:

"Fanfare For Ten-Year-Olds", just as Marcus seems to have figured out.

This book may still be in-print. It's copyright 1989 from Warner Bros. Pub.

If anyone wants, I can probably put a scan of the cover up (but it's just plain blue).

Thanks for posting this video.

[King Mark 3,631]

it's one of 3 Williams fanfares that don't have a orchestral recording (bootleg or legit)that I know about

also

Fanfare for Prince Philip

Fanfare for Michael Dukakis

[tiomkin 0]

it's one of 3 Williams fanfares that don't have a orchestral recording (bootleg or legit)that I know about

also

Fanfare for Prince Philip

Fanfare for Michael Dukakis

That was the next thing I was going to check myself. No recordings at all?

I know that Williams conducted this fanfare for at least one Pops Esplanade concert for the 4th.

I watched and heard it on TV. It's been a bunch of years though and my memory,,, what did I just say?

[Ollie 1,059]

When I first clicked on the thread, I thought that was John Williams at the piano.

[Thor 7,531]

it's one of 3 Williams fanfares that don't have a orchestral recording (bootleg or legit)that I know about

also

Fanfare for Prince Philip

Fanfare for Michael Dukakis

Isn't "Celebration Fanfare" unreleased too?

[MissPadmé 17]

it's one of 3 Williams fanfares that don't have a orchestral recording (bootleg or legit)that I know about

also

Fanfare for Prince Philip

Fanfare for Michael Dukakis

Isn't "Celebration Fanfare" unreleased too?

Well maybe that was a clue that it isn't... ?

[Thor 7,531]

Well maybe that was a clue that it isn't... ?

Hm?

[Eric_JWFAN 11]

When I first clicked on the thread, I thought that was John Williams at the piano.

Me too, and I'm surprised it took 16 posts for someone to mention it. In fact, I was fairly certain it was him for at least a few seconds and I was like "What a find!!"