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Hymn to the Infinite Sky
Subtitle: Poem for Wind Orchestra
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 6:45
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $135.00 | Score Only (print) - $26.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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-V-VI, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bird-Call
- Bongo
- Claves
- Crash Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Gong
- Marimba
- Sleigh Bell
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-tom (3)
- Triangle
- Tubular Bell
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chime
- Woodblock
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Hymn to the Infinite Sky is a tone poem based on the words of the conductor of the school band who commissioned the work:
The sky has to be a symbol of peace. However, there is sky where combat planes are flying when children look up. That is very sad. I wish there would be no more conflict on the Earth. I hope that children all over the world will hold onto their dreams towards the sky. I pray to the infinite sky for world peace.
- Program Note from publisher
Commissioned by the Nihama Primary School, Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
- Program Note from score
Media
State Ratings
- Maryland: V
- Mississippi: VI-A
Performances
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- Frostburg (Md.) State University Wind Ensemble (Ash Glenn, conductor) - 12 March 2023
- Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.) Symphonic Band (Shauna Pickens, conductor) - 25 April 2021
- University of Central Florida (Orlando) Wind Ensemble (Scott Lubaroff, conductor) – 27 February 2020
- Vermont (Burlington) Wind Ensemble (D. Thomas Toner, conductor)– 10 November 2019
- Rouge River Winds (Toronto, Ont. Can.) (Pratik Gandhi, conductor) - 18 August 2019
- University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Lentz Campus Band (Douglas Bush, conductor) – 25 April 2019
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Concert Band (Heath Nails, conductor) – 13 November 2017
- Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.) Symphonic Band (Nathaniel H. Dickey, conductor) – 30 April 2017
- Western Illinois University (Macomb) Wind Ensemble (Mike Fansler, conductor) – 24 February 2017
- Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.) Symphonic Band (Nathaniel Dickey, conductor) – 21 February 2017
- Los Angeles (Calif.) Symphonic Winds (Stephen Piazza, conductor) – 18 December 2016
- Quad City Wind Ensemble (Davenport, Iowa) (Brian Hughes, conductor) – 2015
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
- Yagisawa, S. (2006). Hymn to the Infinite Sky: Poem for Wind Orchestra [score]. De haske: Heerenveen, Holland