SKU: BT.DHP-1135404-140

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch.

The piece was commissioned by Shobi College of Music (Tokyo, Japan) for their entrance ceremony for freshman students in 2010, premiered by Shobi Ceremonial Wind Orchestra (Hirohisa Takanashi, conductor).In the introduction, woodwinds and euphonium play a solemn passage, followed by a brilliant fanfare in brass and percussion. After the heart-warming middle section, banda trumpets and trombones play a polyphonic passage, which leads to a grand andmagnificent finale to conclude the work. This is a short but solemn and impressive piece that suits any kind of festival, ceremony and concert.

Een statige introductie, een prachtige fanfare, een hartverwarmend middendeel en een grootse finale. Deze compositie heeft het allemaal! Houtblazers en euphonium nemen de introductie voor hun rekening. Vervolgens schitteren het koper en het slagwerkin een prachtige fanfare. Na het middengedeelte speelt de banda, bestaande uit trompetten en trombones, een polyfone passage. Deze mondt uit in een grootse finale, waarmee het werk op grandioze wijze besluit. Uitstekend eindigt voor festivals,ceremonies en concerten. Plechtig en indrukwekkend!

Mit einer feierlich angehauchten Einführung mit Holzbläsern und Euphonium, einer strahlenden Fanfare im Blech und Schlagzeug, einem Mittelteil, den eine Banda aus Trompeten und Posaunen dominiert und einem prachtvollen Finale kann sich das komplette Blasorchester gleich im Eröffnungsstück des Konzertes vielfältig und glanzvoll präsentieren!

L’introduc tion débute avec un passage solennel joué par les bois et l’euphonium, suivi d’une éclatante fanfare réservée aux cuivres et la percussion. Après une section centrale pleine de chaleur, les trompettes et les trombones exécutent un passage polyphonique menant une conclusion grandiose. Solennelle et impressionnante, cette courte composition convient toutes sortes d’occasions - festival, cérémonie ou concert.

Il brano, scritto su incarico dell’Accademia di Musica di Shobi in Giappone, debutta con un passaggio solenne eseguito dai legni e dall’eufonio, seguito da una festosa fanfara riservata agli ottoni e alle percussioni. Il grandioso finale coinvolge l’intero organico. Solenne e di sicuro effetto, questa breve composizione è perfetta per tutte le occasioni festive.

SKU: PR.14440426S

UPC: 680160030484.

In 1999, while packing up myriad boxes to move to a new home (following academic retirement from Eastman School of Music), I stumbled-literally-over a short string suite of five vignettes I had composed during the 1950's as a college freshman. They had never been performed. I decided to transcribe them for the American Saxophone Quartet following a request from that august ensemble. Other than slightly lengthening the first ditty to accommodate an imperious alto sax which thinks it can play ALL of the 4-part fugal entries itself, I made few changes from the original youthful version. The first four movements each feature one of the quartet members as a leading voice, the others largely accompanying; everyone shares the wealth in the final dance. The whole piece is very tonal (with centers on A, D, E, G and D respectively) and make copious use of a jazz/pop music ambience that was prevalent in my first-year-conservatory world at the time. The five Snippets are approximately twelve minutes in duration and are affectionately dedicated to my long-standing friend, the saxophone virtuoso Albert Regni. The work was complete in 1954 in Rochester, New York and transcribed in Ormond, Florida, during the summer of 2000. The American Saxophone Quartet, founded by Mr. Regni, gave the premiere performances in New York City. --Sydney Hodkinson.