Imagine
John Lennon (arr. Takashi Hoshide)
General Info
Year: 1971 / 2004
Duration: c. 4:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €98.99 | Score Only (print) - €15.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
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
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Electric Bass
Piano
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Drums
- Glockenspiel
- Suspended Cymbal
- Wind Chimes
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Imagine is a popular song by the former Beatles member, John Lennon. Orchestrated here for wind orchestra by Japanese arranger Takashi Hoshide, the familiar tune is taken at a steady pace, allowing for an extended saxophone solo to be placed on top of the arrangement. This arrangement gives the audience a fresh take on one of the twentieth century’s most popular songs, written to encourage the listener to imagine a world at peace without the barriers of borders or the divisions of religion and nationality, and to consider the possibility that the focus of humanity should be living a life unattached to material possessions.
- Program Note from Leeds University Union (England) Concert Band concert program, 6 November 2016
Media
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State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Leeds University Union (England) Concert Band (Connor Marston, conductor; Lucy Evans, alto saxophone) - 19 November 2016
- Corpo Musicale Santa Cecilia di Gorla Maggiore (Massimo Oldani, conductor; Daniele Braga solo saxophone) – December 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Best of the Beatles (Flex instrumentation) (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003/2010)
All Wind Works
- Abbey Road (with McCartney; arr. Hearshen) (1969/2009)
- All You Need Is Love (with McCartney; arr. Cable and Dedrick) (1998)
- And I Love Her (with McCartney)
- The Beatles: Echos of an Era (with McCartney; arr. Higgins) (1982)
- The Beatles: Love (with McCartney; arr. Bocook) (2008)
- Beatles Collection (with McCartney; arr. de Meij) (1982)
- Best of the Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003)
- Best of the Beatles (Flex instrumentation) (with McCartney; arr. Moss) (2003/2010)
- Blackbird (with McCartney; arr. Berg) (1968)
- Blackbird (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
- Can't Buy Me Love (with McCartney; arr. Murtha) (1964/2017)
- Happiness Is a Warm Gun (with McCartney; arr. Westover)
- A Hard Day's Night. See: Selections from "A Hard Day's Night"
- Hello, Goodbye (with McCartney; arr. Ricketts) (2010)
- Hey Jude (with McCartney; arr. Bocook) (1968/1992)
- Hey Jude (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
- I Want to Hold Your Hand (with McCartney)
- Imagine (arr. Hoshide) (1971/2004)
- Imagine (arr. Saucedo) (1971/2002)
- Let It Be Medley (with McCartney; arr. Balent) (1970)
- The Long and Winding Road (with McCartney; arr. Svarda) (1966)
- Martha My Dear (with McCartney; arr. Hammell) (1968/2016/2021)
- Michelle (with McCartney; arr. Wilkinson) (1965/1966)
- Music of the Beatles (arr. Sweeney)
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (with McCartney; arr. Holmes) (1968)
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (with McCartney; arr. Westover) (1968)
- Penny Lane (with McCartney; arr. Maxwell) (1967/2012)
- Pop and Rock Legends: Music of the Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Sweeney) (2010)
- Selections from "A Hard Day's Night" (with McCartney; arr. Sweeney) (1964/1999)
- Sergeant Pepper Medley (with McCartney; arr. Avshalomov) (1967/1971)
- Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (with McCartney; arr. Edmondson) (1967/1978)
- Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (with McCartney; arr. Sweeney) (1967/2007)
- Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday" (with McCartney; arr Brown) (2020)
- The Symphonic Beatles (with McCartney; arr. Cacavas) (1992)
- When I'm 64 (with McCartney)
- Yellow Submarine (with McCartney)
- Yesterday (with McCartney). See also: Soundtrack Highlights from "Yesterday"
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "John Lennon." Accessed 12 November 2016
- Imagine (John Lennon song), Wikipedia Accessed 12 January 2021
- Perusal score