Path Tenma, The

Hiroaki Kataoka

General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 5:17
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: All Japan Band Association (in Japanese)
Cost: Out of print

Instrumentation

Full Score
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-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

Bass Drum
Claves
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Maracas
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-tam
Tambourine
Triangle
Vibra-slap
Whip
Wind Chime
Xylophone

Errata

2008年度課題曲訂正のお知らせ All Japan Band Association (in Japanese)

Program Notes

This work was nominated for the Asahi Composition Award for Wind Orchestra by the Asahi Shimbun Company and All Japan Band Association(AJBA) in 2007 and selected as one of five required pieces of the 2008 All-Japan Band Competition by AJBA.

"Tenma" means a pegasus on which the emperor rode. I imagined a Tenma running freely in the sky and the endless The Path Tenma, and made sounds.

The oriental sound using the perfect 4th and perfect 5ths and the rhythm with impact in this work became a topic. And more than 10 years after the composition, it is still being taken up as a concert program by many groups in Japan.

Among this works composed in recent years, such as The Light Shift of Orient and Sea Goddess many works emphasize the oriental sound. Nowadays, those works have been attracting attention overseas.

- Program Note by composer (translated from Japanese through Google Translate)

Awards

All-Japan Band Competition by All Japan Band Association required piece, 2008

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Band, YOKOSUKA

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Published only

Adaptable Music

A Beautiful Day (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
Makalish Sophia (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
Makam Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
Tango Impressions (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Flex instrumentation) (1807/2013)

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At Meditation for Four Percussionists (2011)
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Barbaresque (2019)
A Beautiful Day (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
Calling from Jesus Christ (2016)
Exoticism (2014)
Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No.2 (as arranger) (2014)
The Fragment of J (2012)
Gryphon’s Prayer (2014)
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Support Songs (as arranger) (2016)
Itsuka-no-sato, Iizuka (2015)
The Knight of the Sky (2013)
Konohananosakuya-hime, Sakura Princes (Larger Version) (2018)
Konohananosakuya-hime, Sakura Princes (Smaller Version) (2018)
The Light Shift of Orient (2013)
Makalish Sophia (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
Makam Dances (2015)
Makam Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
Makam Passionato (2018)
Makam Spirits (2018)
Memory, Prayer and Revival for Higashi Nihon (2018)
Miyabi (2012)
Miyabi-Sakura (2016)
Musica Ethnote (2018)
Namikage (2017)
On Beast (2016)
Oriental Rhapsody (2013)
Oriental Rhyth-mood (2014)
The Path Tenma (2008)
Percussive Brass (2015)
Percussive Dance 2011 (2012)
Percussive Space (2009)
Percussive Wave (2013)
Prominence II (2017)
PULSACION (as arranger) (2012)
Ran-ei, Hazy Mountain Atmosphere (2015)
St. Elmo's Fire (2017)
Sculpture in Brass (2012)
Sea Goddess (Larger Version) (2013)
Sea Goddess (Smaller Version) (2015)
Shi-Shi Kagura (2010)
Spirytus (2016)
Strait Defense (2015)
Tango Impressions (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
Theme from "Howl's Moving Castle" (as arranger) (2004/2011)
Tori no Iwa Kusu Fune no Kami (2012)
Tracks from Mammoth Cave (2011)
Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Flex instrumentation) (1807/2013)
Viva Sugar Road March (2015)
Xylophone Magic (2012)
Yoikage (2019)

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