Kokyou

Masamicz Amano

General Info

Year: 2009
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Foster Music
Cost: Score and Parts - 30,240 yen

Movements (played without pause)

1. Sousyun
2. Warabe-Uta
3. Kokyou

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Shinobue
Oboe I-II
English Horn
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
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-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:

Bass Drum
Bongos
Chanchiki
Chimes
Conga
Glockenspiel
Guiro
Marimba
Meteorological
Scepter Beat
Sleigh Bells
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Temple Blocks
Tom-Tom
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Kokyou was commissioned to celebrate Akita Symphonic Band’s 30th anniversary; it premiered at their 27th annual concert in 2005. There are three movements.

I. Warabe-Uta (Children’s Song), utilizing a children’s folk song from Akita that portrays snow quietly falling to the ground. II. Soushun (Spring Hamony) portrays the welcome joy of late spring coming to Akita intertwined with the sunrise from Mt. Taiheizan (worshipped since ancient times). III. Kokyou (Beat). Then summer arrives, bringing the sound of a Japanese traditional flute, of chanchiki, and the crowded festival heating up to a climax.

- Program Note by Showa Wind Symphony concert program, 18 July 2015 (WASBE, San Jose, Calif.)

Awards

Kokyou has been recommended as interesting, serious and distinctive music by members of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Showa Wind Symphony (Tokyo, Japan) (Shintaro Fukumoto, conductor) – 18 July 2015 - WASBE Conference, San Jose, Calif.

Works for Winds by This Composer

Alas de Hierro (2004)
Byakudan (2014)
Bohemian Rhapsody (as arranger)
Concerto Grosso (2002/2008)
El Sombrero de Tres Picos, Suite No 2 (as arranger) (1919/2009)
Emanacje i Medytacje Part I (1999)
Emanacje i Medytacje Part II (2001)
Expiation (1999)
Gaia. See: Suite symphonique
GR Selection (2001/2008)
Kokyou (2009)
La forme de chaque amour change comme le Kaleidoscope (2003)
La suite excentrique (2004)
Libération (2020/2022)
OHNAI (2001)
Paraphrase par "Statique et Extatique" avec un prologue et l'epilogue (2016)
Preludio espressiva (2017)
Ryoku (2013)
Suite symphonique (2008)
Symphonic Suite No 2 "GR" (2000)
Symphony No. 1 "Gral" (2007-2010)
Taku Chi Sui for Wind Ensemble (2013)
Ten Rai Mu Bou (2013)
Yugagyo Chugan - azuma kagami ibun (2000)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Masamichi Amano." Accessed 26 July 2015