Short Ride in a Fast Machine is a 1986 orchestral work by John Adams. Adams applies the description "fanfare for orchestra" to this work and to the earlier Tromba Lontana. The former is also known as
Example 1. Harmonic transformations in the first section
A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of th
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
…were cancelled twice: in 1997 after the death of Princess Diana, and in 2001 after the September 11 attacks. Lawrence Odom transcribed the piece for concert band. The piano duo of Christina and Michelle Naughton open their album American Postcard with the piece, in a two piano arrangement by Preben Antonsen…
A full concert band—Indiana Wind Symphony in concert, 2014
A military band—The United States Army Band
A high school concert band—BHS Band in performance, 2013
The early instrumentation of a large concert band (including violin soloist Nicoline Zedeler) is shown by the John Philip Sousa Band during their 1911 world tour.