Four Seasons of Japan

Satoshi Yagisawa

General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00

Movements

1. Autumn - The Maple Road
2. Winter - Snow Mountains
3. Spring - Cherry Blossom
4. Summer - Fireworks

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo (optional)
Flute I-II
Oboe (optional)
Bassoon (optional)
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III (III optional)
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II (II optional)
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone (optional)
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III (III optional)
Horn in F I-II-III (II optional)
Trombone I-II-III (III optional)
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum
Bongos
Chimes (optional)
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel (optional)
Gong
Hyo-shi-gi (Claves)
Marimba (optional)
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tom-Toms
Triangle (optional)
Vibra-slap

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned by Roosevelt High School Symphonic Band (Hawaii, USA). Director Gregg Abe and students are very interested in everything Japanese, from culture and beautiful scenery to Japan's remarkable band scene. Thus, they commissioned a new piece based on the theme Four Seasons in Japan. In Japan, the school year starts in April. But other countries usually begin in fall, so this piece is written in the order of Fall - Winter - Spring - Summer. It offers a viewpoint of the four seasons as observed from outside Japan.

The composer wishes for others to be more familiar with his country and hopes for foreign and Japanese bands to deepen engagement through fine literature and exciting performance. In March 2019, Roosevelt's Symphonic Band was selected as one of four groups performing at the prestigious New York Wind Band Festival at Carnegie Hall. Their premiere performance won gold prize.

- Program Note by composer

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

Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Symphonic Band (Brian Youngblood, conductor) - 23 February 2023
Roosevelt High School (Hawaii) Symphonic Band (Gregg Abe, conductor) – March 2019 (Carnegie Hall, New York) *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Capricious Winds II (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2013)
Intrada II (Flex instrumentation) (2011/2012)
Seasons Floral Scented (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
Triple Scoop Ice Cream II (Flex instrumentation)

All Wind Works

Alphamonic Overture
And Then the Ocean Glows (2002/2011)
The Bells of Sagrada Familia (2009)
Call of the Aboriginals (2017)
Cantilena
Capricious Winds
Capricious Winds II (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2013)
Concertino for Solo Percussion and Wind Orchestra (2012)
The Earnest Wish of Priest Kokei
Fanfare - Flight to the Unknown World
Fanfare - The Benefaction from Sky and Mother Earth (2010)
Fanfare Hayabusa (2011)
Fanfare Mi-Chi-Bi-Ki
Four Seasons of Japan (2019)
Hunting Scenes (2013)
Hymn to the Infinite Sky (2006)
Hymn to the Sun - with the Beat of Mother Earth (2006/2010)
Intrada (2001)
Intrada II (Flex instrumentation) (2011/2012)
Largo (2010)
Machu Picchu - City in the Sky (2005)
March-Bou-Shu (2006)
March-Chagu-Chagu (2016/2017)
March Willing and Able
Marimba Concerto (2009)
The Memory of Our Native Place
Moses and Ramses
Nazca Lines (2005)
Perseus (2005)
Pompeii (2011)
Primavera (2008)
A Scene of Rome (2010/2014)
Seasons Floral Scented (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
Sentimentale (2015)
The Singapore Flyer (2010)
Spring Sketches, The
Swaying in the West Wind
Symphonic Episode
Triple Scoop Ice Cream
Triple Scoop Ice Cream II (Flex instrumentation)
Trumpet Concerto (2013)
The Victoria Peak (2015)
Voyage (Flight to a Hopeful Future)
The West Symphony (2003-2006)
The Wings of Eternity (2015)
Young Pheasants in the Sky

Resources

Perusal score
Satoshi Yagisawa website Accessed 23 February 2023