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Perseus
Subtitle: A Hero’s Quest in the Heavens
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: De Haske
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €137.00 | Score Only (print) - €27.50
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbal
- Glockenspiel
- Gong
- Hi-hat
- Marimba
- Ocean Drums (or Rainmaker)
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tom-tom
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chime
Choir (players sing)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This work was composed in December 2005 for the Kyoto Prefectural Momoyama Senior High School Wind Band, which is one of the bands that Satoshi Yagisawa has engaged a good relationship with since his debut. The band director, Toshio Yasuhara, and his students love chorales very much. They traditionally put original lyrics to the music they perform every summer and sing along, thus creating a warm atmosphere.
The composer was asked to write a work that would make the most of this singing tradition, and to use a dreamy theme related to space or stars. He chose Perseus as a theme. This famous Greek hero saved Princess Andromeda, who was to be sacrificed to the sea monster Kraken. Satoshi Yagisawa was inspired by the movie Clash of the Titans, directed by Desmond Davis and produced in the UK in 1981. He hopes that many bands will enjoy the dramatic music.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, W. Va.) Wind Ensemble (Scott Hippensteel, conductor) - 14 April 2022
- University of Kentucky (Lexington) Symphony Band (Brett Johnson, conductor) – 17 November 2019
- University of Northwestern – St. Paul (Roseville, Minn.) (John S. Herlihy, conductor) – 15 November 2019
- Galaxy Wind Ensemble (Hong Kong) – 17 July 2011
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
- 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 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 15 May 2019