Yugagyo Chugan

Masamicz Amano

Subtitle: azuma kagami ibun

General Info

Year: 2000 / 2004
Duration: c. 7:50
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - 30,000 yen

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
B-flat 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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Bongo
Conga
Crash Cymbal
Furin (or Wind Chime)
Glockenspiel
Hyoshi-gi (or Claves)
Marimba (2 players)
Snare Drum
Supended Cymbal
Tam-tam
Tom-tom (4)
Vibraphone
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Yugagyo Chugan - azuma kagami ibun was commissioned by Fujimura Girls' Junior and Senior High School Band. The title refers to yugagyo, an ascetic practice of Vajrayana (Esoteric Buddhism), and Azuma Kagami, a history of the Kamakura period that still retains many mysteries. The piece has a mysterious atmosphere overall, utilizes various percussion and chorus effectively.

- Program Note from Publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Fujimura Girls' Junior and Senior High School Band (Hisashi Nara, conductor)
Audio CD: Kanagawa University Symphonic Band (Toshiro Ozawa, conductor) - 2003

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Kanagawa University (Yokohama, Japan) Symphonic Band (Toshiro Ozawa, conductor) - 18 December 2004 (2004 Midwest Clinic)
Kanagawa University (Yokohama, Japan) Symphonic Band (Toshiro Ozawa, conductor) - 5 July 2003 - WASBE conference (Jönköping, Norway)

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

"Yugagyo Chugan - azuma kagami ibun, Original Version" (in Japanese) Brain Music website. accessed 10 January 2023