Harvest Waves

Hirokazu Fukushima

General Info

Year: 1998 / 2022
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print, digital) – 12,000 yen | Score Only - 1,200 yen

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II (I doubling Piccolo)
Oboe (optional)
Bassoon (optional)
B-flat Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani
Percussion (3 players), including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbal
Glockenspiel
Marimba
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tam-tam
Triangle
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

My alma mater, Maebashi Minami High School in Gunma Prefecture, was surrounded by rice paddies, a landscape that changed throughout the four seasons. I composed this piece based on such memorable scenery, and it was selected as one of five test pieces for the 1998 All Japan Band Competition, and in 2022 I revised it for a smaller instrumentation.

The rural landscape of the area around the school, the inspiration for the piece, was still the same in 2022. I was then commissioned to write a piece for the 40th anniversary of the founding of my alma mater's band club, a sequel called Spring Green Wheat, based on the idea that I was enjoying the wheat fields while composing.

-- Program Note by composer