Wind and Sky from the Hometown

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Hirokazu Fukushima

General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 6:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) – Rental ($300.00)

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II, including:

Glockenspiel
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tam-Tam
Tom-Toms (4)
Triangle
Wind Chimes
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Wind and Sky from the Hometown was composed in 2008 as a commission from Sai Junior High School, Aomori. The band had only eleven members at the time. Although more parts were added for publication, the piece can basically be performed by eleven players.

I composed and titled the piece based on my imaginary scene: Even after the eleven friends have grown up and become adults, under the beautiful sky of the Tsugaru Strait, their dreams and hopes become the wind and they can meet again.

- Program note by composer

Media

Video: Reference recording. Philharmonic Winds Osakan (Tomo Matsuo, conductor)
Audio CD: Philharmonic Winds Osakan (Tomo Matsuo, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Kansas Wesleyan University (Salina) Wind Ensemble (Carl T. Rowles, conductor) - 16 November 2019

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Poem of the Wind (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
Snow of an Aynu Village (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2013)
Teachi-tearu (Flex instrumentation) (2012)

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Chant for Dosozin (2000)
The Cherry Blossom Festival (2008)
Chorale and Toccata (2011)
Concerto for Horn and Wind Orchestra (2019)
The Cross-channel Wind
Description of the World
Eternal Memoir (2009)
Fantasia on the Theme of Syrinx (2015)
Harvest Waves (1998/2022)
Lyrical Fantasy (2015/2018)
Passacaglia and Toccata (2010)
Poem of the Wind (Flex instrumentation) (2011)
Sinfonietta No. 2, "Bells for Prayer" (2010)
Sinfonietta No. 3, "Distance of Sounds" (2018)
Sinfonietta No. 4, "For a Brighter Future" (2020)
Snow of an Aynu Village (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2013)
Spring March (2019)
Teachi-tearu (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
Wave Dance by Lantern-light
Wind and Sky from the Hometown (2008)

Resources

Wind and Sky from the Hometown. Brain Music website (in Japanese). Accessed 10 February 2023