Premiere of 'A Fanfare for Coventry' performed at the Coventry Biennial Grand Opening

Image shows the bell of a fanfare trumpet entering the frame, with a piece of sheet music which reads "A Fanfare for Coventry"

A Fanfare for Coventry (UK City of Culture 2021), image courtesy of Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

The Grand Opening of the third edition Coventry Biennial on 7th October 2021, was inaugurated with a premiere performance of A Fanfare for Coventry (UK City of Culture 2021) by Jaguar Land Rover Band. The piece was commissioned as part of the Phoenix City 2021 project, which features Jaguar Land Rover Band in the soundtrack development (notably in the adaptations of the Introitus and Lacrimosa of Mozart’s Requiem in Dmin).

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