Pompeii

Satoshi Yagisawa

Subtitle: The Ruins Know the Long and Magnificent History

General Info

Year: 2011
Duration: c. 10:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Brain Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $145.00 | Score Only (print) - $20.00

Instrumentation

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

Bass Drum
Bongos
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Finger Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Gong
Hi-Hat
Marimba
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tom-Toms (4)
Triangles (3, one high)
Vibraphone
Wind Chimes

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Pompeii, the Ruins Know Its Long and Magnificent History was commissioned for and dedicated to Hofstra University Symphonic Band and Dr. Peter Loel Boonshaft in Long Island, New York.

Through Bravo Music I received a warm note from Dr. Boonshaft describing his love and passion for my compositions … and how he wished to commission a dramatic and emotional sequel in my world heritage composition series.

I visited Pompeii in southern Italy in the summer of 2010. I was amazed to see a developed civilized city from more than 2000 years ago. This work is musically and dramatically comprised of various motives – “The Prosperity of the City. The Magnificent Mt. Vesuvius,” “The Sight of the Bustling Town,” “Calm Suburbs and Citizens Living in Peace,” “An Earthquake Attacks the City, February 5th, 62 A.D.,” “The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius on August 24th, 79 A.D.,” “The Tragedy of Pompeii,” “Pompeii Today,” and “The Awe-Inspiring Ruins tell of this Ancient Civilization.” I have composed this work to describe history through music.

I could not be happier from the bottom of my heart that Hofstra University Symphonic Band and Dr. Peter Loel Boonshaft world-premiere this composition.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Louisiana: V
Texas: V. Complete

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Oahu Band Directors Association Select Band (Honolulu, Hi.) (Peter Boonshaft, conductor) – 17 February 2019

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 3 October 2020