Voice from Golden Hearts Publications

Among the composers contracted by Golden Hearts Publications, we are pleased to introduce Yusuke Hagihara today.Yusuke HagiharaBorn in 1995 and currently lives in Osaka, Japan.Studied composition under Soo-Hyun Park and Osamu Fujii.He received an honorable mention in the 11th Japan Academic Society of Wind Music Composition Award, and third prize in the Yuya Onsen Symphonic Band Composition Contest. Golden Hearts Publications currently publishes two of his works. Please check them out.https://global.goldenheartspublications.com/collections/yusuke-hagihara

We will be introducing one Golden Hearts Publications piece per week for a while.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's this week's piece.Arise, my muse !! - Concert March (for Brass Band) / Ken'ichi Masakadohttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/search?q=GHMB-03Program notes :It was composed in December 2010, commissioned by "The Fukuoka Flourish Brass", and was premiered at the 10th annual commemorative concert of the same band on January 16, 2011.This work is a Brass Band work that I first worked on. Not particularly conscious of "British style", but for example, relaxed tempo and grandioso at finale, my English music experience - Elgar, Holst,...

We will be introducing one Golden Hearts Publications piece per week for a while.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's this week's piece.The 12 Ave Maria for Solo Instrument (unaccompanied version) / arr. Kouichirou Ogunihttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-19The 12 Ave Maria for Solo Instrument (Piano accompaniment version) / arr. Kouichirou Ogunihttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-20Program notes :“Ave Maria” is Latin for Hail Mary, a traditional Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox prayer calling for the intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Many composers have written songs, on basis of the prayer texts, which start by “Ave Maria”. In 2020, because of COVID-19, we cannot keep...

We will be introducing one Golden Hearts Publications piece per week for a while.Please give me a few moments of your time!Here's this week's piece.Christmas Carols Selection for Flexible Quartet / arr. Kouichirou Ogunihttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-01PDF download is also available for this work.https://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-01-pdfProgram notes :This work is a selection of 12 carols from famous Christmas Carols, which can be played by Flexible Quartet of Wind Instruments.Each Carol is short, so I made this work so that it’ll be suitable for small recitals, and basic and daily training for school bands.Accordingly, the keys of each Carol are B flat major, F major, and...

  Today I would like to talk a little briefly about the Concert March in Japan.The history of wind bands in Japan began in 1869 when the Satsuma Domain formed the Satsuma Band (Satsuma Domain Military Band) under the leadership of Englishman John William Fenton. Hisamitsu Shimazu, the lord of the Satsuma domain, who wanted to westernize the military, followed the example of the British military band. Its members became the core of the military bands established in the army and navy after the abolition of the domain. It is said that the first time the sound of a military...