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John Williams writes tune for Fenway Park

By Jeffrey Gantz

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 25, 2012

Fenway Park may no longer have Terry Francona and Jonathan Papelbon, but this year, as a 100th-birthday present, it’s getting its very own “Fanfare for Fenway.’’ Saturday afternoon, members of the Boston Pops assembled at Symphony Hall to record Williams’s new composition, with the composer on the podium. Composed at the Red Sox’ request, “Fanfare for Fenway’’ is a short piece scored for six trumpets, six horns, five trombones, two tubas, timpani, and percussion.

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