Symphonic Dances

From Wind Repertory Project
Yosuke Fukuda

Yosuke Fukuda


General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 22:50
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo/Brain Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $195.00   |   Score Only - $24.00


Movements

1. Renaissance Dances - 5:00
2. Tango - 5:45
3. Hoedown - 3:00
4. Spirituals Bon-Odori-Uta - 4:40
5. Belly Dance - 4:10


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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Snare Drum
  • Crash Cymbals
  • Bell Tree
  • Conga
  • Cowbell
  • Glockenspiel
  • Hi-Hat
  • Maracas
  • Sleigh Bells
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tom-Tom
  • Triangle
  • Vibraphone
  • Whip
  • Wind Chimes
  • Wood Block
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

Symphonic Dances for Wind Ensemble was commissioned by the Central Band of the Japan Air Self Defense Force. The suite’s five movements present “dances of the world." While the energetic quality and spirituality of each dance should be captured, the collection is still intended to entertain. Each movement is complete and can be performed accordingly.

I. Renaissance Dances. An homage to European flavor and style from the time of Gervaise, Susato and Praetorius. After the introduction, the steps of courante, pavane, galliard, and branle appear.

II. Tango. This section is more an earthy and piquant Argentine romance than an elegant continental tango.

III. Hoedown. Here is the scene of the rodeo and a free-spirited Western swing feel.

IV. Spirituals Bon-Odori-Uta. This is a requiem on the Bon-Okuri ceremony guiding ancestors back to the spiritual world. The initial piccolo motif repeats a chant in the rhythm of bon odori (a bon dance) and develops as a variation on Owara-bushi, a beautiful folk song from Toyama prefecture. The traditional bon odori have evolved into summer festival entertainment.

V. Belly Dance. The belly dance is typically Arabic, its music performed by strings and drums, played with passion and flamboyance and a sense of bacchanalia and abandon, as well as a heavy sense of rhythm.

- Program Note from publisher


Media


State Ratings

  • Florida: V


Performances

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  • University of Nebraska Kearney Wind Ensemble (Duane Bierman, conductor) - 30 November 2023
  • State University of New York, Fredonia, Symphonic Winds (Carrie Pawelski, conductor) - 20 April 2023
  • Cleveland (Ohio) Youth Wind Symphony Group I (Dan Crain, conductor) - 29 January 2023
  • Santa Monica (Calif.) College Win Ensemble (Kevin McKeown, conductor) - 11 December 2022
  • San Jose (Calif.) Wind Symphony (Troy Davis, conductor) - 4 December 2022
  • Jacksonville (Fla.) University Wind Ensemble (Chris Creswell, conductor) - 21 October 2021
  • Florida State University (Tallahassee) Symphonic Band (David Plack, conductor) - 16 November 2020
  • State University of New York, Fredonia, Concert Band (Ray Stewart, conductor) – 8 November 2018
  • University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, PE, Canada) Wind Ensemble (Karem J. Simon, conductor) – 4 November 2018
  • Central High School (Fresno, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Leonard Ingrande, conductor) - 13 April 2018 (2018 San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) Concert Band Invitational)
  • University of Nebraska Kearney Wind Ensemble (Duane Bierman, conductor)– 12 April 2018
  • Central High School (Fresno, Calif.) Wind Ensemble (Leonard Ingrande, conductor) -16 March 2018 (2018 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
  • San Jose (Calif.) Wind Symphony (Edward C. Harris, conductor) – 10 December 2017
  • State University of New York, Fredonia, Wind Ensemble (Paula Holcomb, conductor) – 14 October 2017
  • Foothill Symphonic Band (Palo Alto, Calif.) (David Bruce Adams, conductor) – 12 March 2017
  • Tallahassee (Florida) Winds (David Plack, conductor) – 22 November 2016
  • San Francisco Wind Ensemble (Troy Davis, conductor) – 27 August 2016
  • San Francisco (Calif.) State University Wind Ensemble (Troy Davis, conductor) - 19 March 2015


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