Festival Suite, A
General Info
Year: 2003
Duration: c. 7:55
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental ($300.00)
Movements
1. Parade - 2:10
2. Ceremony – 2:55
3. Fiesta – 2:40
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III (I div.)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Ratchet
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Of course, it is possible for music to address something, to make an accusation, or to invite people to deep contemplation, but sometimes this can be somewhat exhausting. I had been thinking that I wanted to write a piece that could simply be enjoyed by everyone present, both the performers and the audience. I was fortunate enough to receive a commission from the Sendai Symphonic Band, a community band in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, in 1998, and this piece was the realization of my desire.
This three-movement suite is a realization of the three images associated with the word "festival": parade, ceremony, and fiesta. I won't give any further explanation of this piece. There is no better place for a band than a festival, so anyone can easily and freely imagine the scene. The composer would be happy if you enjoy listening to and playing this piece in a festive mood.
- Program note by composer
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Inagakuen High School Wind Orchestra (Tomoki Ubata, conductor)
- Audio CD: Saitama Sakae High School Wind Orchestra (Minoru Otaki, conductor) - 2006
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Saitama Sakae High School (Saitama City, Japan) Wind Orchestra (Minoru Otaki, conductor) – 23 December 2006 (2006 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Elegy (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Fanfare and Celebration March (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2015)
- Hana Processional (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1900/2015)
- A Little Festive Music (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- Quadrille (Flex instrumentation) (1982/2019)
- Smiley Rag (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
All Wind Works
- Aggression (2005)
- Clalitas (1989)
- Dancing in Air (2004)
- Dancing in Rain (2009)
- Eine Nachtmusik fur Erlkonig (2014)
- Elegy (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Encore! (2013)
- Fanfare and Celebration March (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Fantasma Lunare (2008)
- Fantasies on Frère Jacques (2010)
- Fantasy on "Madama Butterfly" (as arranger)(2000)
- A Festival Suite (2003)
- Fêtes Lointains (2009)
- Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2015)
- Funiculi Funicula Rhapsody (as arranger) (2000)
- Hana Processional (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1900/2015)
- Howl's Moving Castle (as arranger) (2004/2010)
- Impromptu (1976)
- Journey of Exploration (2008)
- Lachrymae (2005)
- A Little Festive Music (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Lux Aeterna (1998/2000)
- Marche Hongroise (as arranger) (1820/1846/1986)
- My Neighbor Totoro (as arranger) (1988/2008)
- The Nutcracker Fantasy (as adapter) (1891/2004)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (2012)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- A Poetry of Breeze (1991)
- Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea (as arranger) (2008)
- A Prelude to the Shining Day (2010)
- Quadrille (Flex instrumentation) (1982/2019)
- Ruffles Call from Afar (2015)
- Shadow Song (2016)
- Smiley Rag (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Songs for Wind Ensemble (2010)
- A Srping Breeze Passes Through a Plain (1999)
- Star Fantasy (2014)
- Studio Ghibli's Anime March Medley (as arranger) (2013)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (as arranger) (1705/2014)
- Turandot (as arranger) (2007)
- The Vein of Water (2008)
- A Wild Rose Above (2014)
- WINGS (1998)
Resources
- A Festival Suite. Brain Music Website (in Japanese). Accessed 9 February 2023
- Perusal score