Festal Scenes
General Info
Year: 1988
Duration: c. 6:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: TRN Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $95.00 | Score Only - $12.00 | Large Score Only - $20.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Nebuta-deiko (or Bass Drum)
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam Tam
- Tebiragane (or large Antique Cymbal, or Suspended Cymbal)
- Tom Tom
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Ito was inspired to write Festal Scenes after receiving a letter from a friend, who said, "...everything seems like paradise blooming all together. Life is a festival, indeed." The piece uses four Japanese folk songs as its source material. It also calls for two2 Japanese percussion instruments: the Tebiragane, a type of antique cymbal, and the Nebuta-daiko, a large drum played with long bamboo sticks.
- Program Note from Texas A&M University Symphonic Band concert program, 5 December 2021
Festal Scenes is based on four folk songs from one of the northern regions of Japan. Soon after it was premiered in Japan, the composer led the University of Illinois Concert Band in its first performance in the United States in 1987. It has been regularly performed by university groups ever since.
Media
State Ratings
- Georgia: VI
Performances
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- James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.) Symphonic Band (Chris DeVona, conductor) - 4 December 2023
- University of Illinois (Champaign) Hindsley Symphonic Band (Kimberly Fleming, conductor) - 4 October 2023
- Texas Tech University (Lubbock) Concert Band (Joel Pagán, conductor) - 25 September 2023
- Appalachia: A Southeastern Wind Symphony (Knoxville, Tenn.) (Logan Campbell, conductor) - 11 February 2023
- DePaul University (Chicago, Ill.) Wind Symphony (Eric Neidlinger, conductor) - 10 February 2023
- University of New Mexico (Albuquerque) Symphonic Band (Brett Penshorn, conductor) - 9 December 2022
- University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire University Band (David Lofy, conductor) - 28 November 2022
- University of Georgia (Athens) Hodgson Symphonic Band (Michael Robinson, conductor) - 18 November 2022
- University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble (Thomas Gamboa, conductor) - 15 November 2022
- University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Mb., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Jacquie Dawson, conductor) - 14 October 2022
- Texas A&M University (College Station) Symphonic Band (Russell Tipton, conductor) - 5 December 2021
- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Symphony Band (Jason Gardner, conductor) - 18 November 2021
- University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls) Symphonic Band (Justin Mertz, conductor) - 10 November 2021
- Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Symphonic Band (Cory Near, conductor) - 10 Novenber 2021
- University of Kansas (Lawrence) Symphonic Band (John Leonard, conductor) – 17 November 2020
- University of Kentucky (Lexington) Concert Band (Joshua Gillen, conductor) - 17 November 2020
- University of California Berkeley Wind Ensemble II (Matthew Sadowski, conductor) – 28 February 2020
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro, University Band (J. Benjamin Jones, conductor) – 18 February 2020
- Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Symphonic Band (Jake Hille, conductor) - 3 December 2019
- McLennan College (Waco, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Jon Conrad, conductor) 29 October 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Adagio for Band (2006)
- A la Suite Classique (1996)
- As Time Is Passing On (2000)
- Carmen Fantasy (as arranger) (1875/2009)
- Chaconne (as arranger) (c.1720/1987/2017)
- Chorale Fantasia (2002)
- Choral Fantasy. See: Chorale Fantasia
- Cioccolata d'amore
- Concertino for piano and band (Ito) (2007)
- Concerto for Tsugaru-Shamisen and Band (2013)
- Diferencias on an Old Spanish Song (2020)
- Evocation (Ito)
- Fanfares for National Athletic Meet at Fukushima
- Fantasia Classica (1992)
- Fantasia on a Bach Chorale Prelude (2002/2013)
- Fantasy Variations (2004/2012)
- Festal Ballade for Band (2016)
- Festal Scenes (1986)
- Festeggiamo e Cantiamo, Musica Festiva per Banda
- First Suite in E-flat (as editor) (1909/2011)
- Fuji, Symphonic Sketch for Band (1992)
- Funa-Uta (1993/1999)
- Furusato (as arranger) (1914/2011)
- Gloriosa ("Gururiyoza") (1990/2013)
- Go For Broke (2000)
- Hamamatsu Overture
- Hanyang Forever! (2010)
- Kokiriko alla Marcia (1999)
- La Follia nel Bosco (2013)
- La Vita (1998)
- Liturgia Sinfonica
- Maiko Spring March
- March on Eight Folk Tunes (2024)
- March 'Over the Century'
- March 'Over the Wind'
- March 'The Three Tops Hill'
- March, Wind & Sun
- Meguru Kisetsu ni
- Melodies for Wind Ensemble
- Moonlight Dragon (2012)
- Morning Songs in Hiroshima (2009)
- Mt. Fuji March (2003)
- On the March (1978/1991)
- Pacem et gloriam pro nobis
- Peace, Peace, so Sing the Birds (2018)
- Piano Concerto (Ito)
- The Planets
- Preludio Celebrativo
- Progress
- Rag-Time-March
- Rapsodia di Toyama
- Rapsodia Formosa (1992)
- Remembrance II
- Ryukuan Fantasy for Band (1997/1998/2013)
- Ryukuan Fantasy for Saxophone Quartet (1997/1999)
- The Seashell Song (2012)
- Second Suite in F (as editor) (1911/1922/2012)
- Sinfonia Singaporiana (2005)
- Solo Una Volta! (2013)
- Soma Festival March
- Soma Festival March No.2
- Sonata Classica (1996)
- Tableau
- Taiwanese Posy (2007)
- That Which He Taught Us (2015)
- That Which He Taught Us (Baritone and Band) (2015/2016)
- Time into Music (2018)
- Variations from the Northern Sea (1993)
Resources
- Ito Music
- Ito, Yasuhide [1988]. Festal Scenes [score]. TRN Music Publisher, Inc.: Alto, NM
- Miles, Richard B. 2000. Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Volume 3. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 340-343.