Signals from Heaven

Toru Takemitsu

Subtitle: Two Antiphonal Fanfares

General Info

Year: 1987 / 2006
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestral brass
Publisher: Schott Japan
Cost: Score (print) - $21.95

Movements

1. Day Signal – 2:30
2. Night Signal – 3:00

Instrumentation

Full Score
B-flat Cornet
C Trumpet I-II-III
D Piccolo Trumpet
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Tuba

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Commissioned by Koinuma Music Co., Ltd. on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Select Live Under the Sky Jazz Festival, Tokyo.

Media

Audio: Day Signal. Reference recording. London Sinfonietta (Oliver Knussen, conductor)
Audio: Night Signal. Reference recording. London Sinfonietta (Oliver Knussen, conductor)
Audio CD: London Sinfonietta (Oliver Knussen, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Symphony Band (Michael Haithcock, conductor) – 30 March 2007 (CBDNA 2007 National Conference, Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Les Chevaliers Brass Ensemble (Tokyo, Japan) (Chikara Imamura, conductor) – 25 July 1987 *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Concerto de chambre (1955)
Garden Rain (1974)
Rain Tree (1981)
Signals from Heaven (1987)
Waves (1976)

Resources

Takemitsu, T. (2006). Signals from Heaven: Two Antiphonal Fanfares [score]. Schott Japan: [Tokyo].