La Péri (Fanfare) - Paul Dukas

‘La Péri’ is a 1912 ballet in one act by French composer Paul Dukas, originally choreographed by Ivan Clustine and first performed in Paris, about Iskender (the name of Alexander the Great in Persian) searching for immortality and his encounter with a mythological Peri.

The ballet itself is preceded by a brilliant fanfare that uses the orchestra's brass section, and which is often performed separately. French arranger Bruno Peterschmitt transcribed this fanfare for a ten-piece brass ensemble. BM1191