The San Diego Symphony recently premiered a new concert opener by David Bruce. The composer writes about his work:
I was honoured to be asked by San Diego Symphony to write a celebratory fanfare in honour of their departing maestro Jahja Ling, who conducted the premieres of my Night Parade and the Violin Concerto Fragile Light. The former of these pieces Jahja also brought to Carnegie Hall for the orchestra’s debut there, as well as on their tour of China in 2013. I enjoyed working with Maestro Ling, who had a firm but gentle approach, and the orchestra has clearly flourished under his tenure, with a raft of excellent younger players joining and creating his legacy for the future.
The fanfare is a 3 minute work for full orchestra. It’s called Fanfarrón, the Spanish word, said to be the origin of the word ‘fanfare’, which translates roughly as ‘show-off’ or ‘loud-mouth’ – a reference to the character of the music of course, rather than the man himself, who is anything but!
The San Diego Symphony will premiere David Bruce’s Night Parade, a 12 minute work for full orchestra, this October 4th, in San Diego’s Copley Hall, before bringing the work to 
Fresh from her title role in John Adam’s The Gospel According to the Other Mary, the wonderful mezzo-soprano 
David Bruce has been appointed Associate Composer to the San Diego Symphony for the 2013/14 season. He will be writing three pieces for them, including a new work for the orchestra’s Carnegie Hall debut in October 2013, and a new violin concerto for autumn 2014 (with an amazing soloist, details are hush-hush, unfortunately). To kick off the association Bruce will be writing a chamber piece for mandonlist Avi Avital and we’ll be premiering the new work in May this year (
