Blessed Promising Future
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 11:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) – Rental ($300.00)
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
Contrabassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-VIII
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-VIII
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV-V-VI
Trombone I-II-III-IV-V-VI
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-VI, including:
- Bass Drum (2)
- Bongos
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Mokushou (2)
- Sizzle Cymbal
- Sleigh Bells
- Snare Drum
- Tam-Tam
- Temple Blocks (4)
- Tom-Tom (5)
- Triangle (3)
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Wind Bell (2)
- Wind Chimes
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Blessed Promising Future (2006) was commissioned and premiered by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band in 2004. The Japanese title is Shinato no Jakusou. Shinato means "place where wind occurs." The wind from Shinato is said to blow every impurity away. Jakusou refers to the nest of a magpie, a crow-like bird. It is said that magpies have instincts to predict the winds of the year and avoid the strong wind when they make their nest. That is why magpies are believed to have an ability to predict the future.
The composer combined the ideas of magpie and time in the piece. Sharp sounds of clarinets with glissando is an imitation of magpies crying.
- Program Note from University of North Texas Symphonic Band concert program, 23 April 2017
Media
- Audio CD: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (Takeshi Ooi, condcutor) - 2016
- Audio CD: Osaka College Of Music Wind Orchestra (Toru Kitano, conductor) - 2011
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of North Texas (Denton) Symphonic Band (Takashi Takao, conductor) – 23 April 2017
- Kanagawa (Japan) University Symphonic Band (Toshiro Ozawa, conductor) - 6 January 2007
Works for Winds by This Composer
- A Flower is Icebound (2011)
- Blessed Promising Future (2004)
- The Canyon in Temporal Echoes (2006)
- Cloudy Vortex (2012)
- Cherry Trees in the Unconscious (2008)
- Cyclosis (2017)
- Falling of the Seasons (2016)
- Hari-Prism (2004)
- In the Interstice of the Danced Sky and Ocean (2008)
- Lagrange Point (2012)
- Syntax Errors (2004)
- A Variable Undercurrent (2018)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Yoshio Nakahashi." Accessed 23 April 2017