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I will be introducing some Golden Hearts Publications piece per week.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's today's piece.Lacrimoso / Ken'ichi Masakado [Mixed Octet]Printed versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghmb-17Reference music：Instrumentation：FluteOboeClarinet in BbBassoonAlto Saxophone in EbTenor Saxophone in BbBaritone Saxophone in EbDouble BassProgram notes:This is a completely revised version of the work published under the title "Arioso" in 2005, including the instrumentation. The title was changed to "Lacrimoso" in conjunction with this revision.The work can be described as a somewhat irregular passacaglia. The theme presented by the double bass (from rehearsal mark [B]) is repeated, but this theme sometimes progresses out of "phrase"...

I will be introducing some Golden Hearts Publications piece per week.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's today's piece.Pastorale - or The Tale of a “Forget-me-not” / Ken'ichi Masakado [Woodwind Quartet]Printed versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghmb-13Reference music：Instrumentation：FluteOboeBassoonBb ClarinetProgram notes:“Gentle, and Soft Messages”, with “A Strong Will” on a work…When I was working on this work, I was earnestly considering the above theme.I wrote this work by a commission from a wind orchestra club in high school in Fukuoka Prefecture in 2012. But, without the interaction with a woman, “Serina-san”, this work might be different.Although I have the interaction with her, I have...

I will be introducing some Golden Hearts Publications piece per week.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's today's piece.Circle / Ssu-Yu Huang / for saxophone quartetPrinted versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghha-12Reference music：Instrumentation：Soprano SaxophoneAlto SaxophoneTenor SaxophoneBaritone SaxophoneProgram notes:This saxophone quartet expresses a metaphor that life is like a circle. A starting point is also an ending point. Every step leads to a new start. Together, the individual starting points form the trajectories of life. Motivated by this, the composer creates this piece in a style of Minimalism, pursuing a simplest form and color. The circle implies that we should not be afraid of...

I will be introducing some Golden Hearts Publications piece per week.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's today's piece.The Bell / Mizuki Aita [Percussion Quintet]Printed versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghaa-12PDF versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghaa-12-pdfReference music：Instrumentation：1. Vibraphone,S.Cym2. Xylophone,S.Cym3. Marimba.S.Cym4. Percussion 1(4TomToms,S.Cym)5. Percussion 2(Bell,4TomToms,S.Cym)Program notes:Commissioned work for Shiogama-City Third Junior High School Wind Orchestra, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The piece is a freely conceived variation on the rhythm of the Hatse-bushi, a folk song from Shiogama. The "Bell," which was discovered during a visit to the Third Junior High School, was positioned as an important musical instrument. I composed this piece with the hope that the "bell of...

I will be introducing some Golden Hearts Publications piece per week.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's today's piece.Twilight Glow / Ken'ichi Masakado [Brass Octet]Printed versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghmb-18Reference music：Instrumentation：Trumpet in Bb 1Trumpet in Bb 2Horn in F 1Horn in F 2Trombone 1Trombone 2Tuba 1Tuba 2Program notes:This is a brass octet piece commissioned by a high school band in Fukuoka City in 2004. In response to the request at the time of the commission, this piece has a jazz taste and is different from the usual instrumentation. The range of each instrument (with the exception of trombone 1 and tuba 1)...