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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.UNE LARME / Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Kouichirou Oguni) [Saxophone Duo]Printed versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-30PDF versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-30-pdfProgram notes :“Pictures at an Exhibition” is well known as one of Piano works by Modest Mussorgsky (1839~1881). However, his other works for Piano are seldom heard. This work, “UNE LARME” is not heard, so often.I presume that it’ll be worth thinking that thanks to those forgotten works and forgotten composers, we can enjoy the present music.Bb S.Sax and Bb T.Sax can be played by Bb Clarinet and Bass...

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.Kam-pai Divertimento for Koto and Vibraphone / Mizuki AitaPrinted versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghaa-08PDF versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghaa-08-pdfProgram notes :At the recommendation of composer Makoto Nomura, I was asked to participate in a project called "NOTES" organized by the Japan Foundation Asia Center.What was decided at that point was to plan to invite Indonesian musicians to Japan for two weeks in January 2018 to do "something". And in July, we would also go to Indonesia. That was it. And we were to come up with that "something"...

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.Departure / Ryoko Oyama [Trumpet Quintet]Printed versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoc-02PDF versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoc-02-pdfProgram notes :This piece is a revised version of a piece I composed in 2010 to perform with my friends in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Band.At the time, they were in the middle of their training for promotion, and I composed this piece with the image of the scene of them saluting and seeing each other off, the word "Departure" at the airport boarding gate, and the blue sky on their way...

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.A Toy Story / Charles Villiers Stanford (arr. Kouichirou Oguni) [Clarinet Trio]Printed versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-24PDF versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghoa-24-pdfProgram notes :Charles Villiers Stanford (1852~1924) was a composer who was born in Ireland. He was also a music teacher and a conductor. Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams were his students.He composed about 200 works, including 7 Symphonies. However, he didn’t publish his works which he had composed at his earlier life. In addition, in 20th century, his students and Edward Elgar were getting more popular...

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.Pilgrimage : Spring for Violin, Violoncello and Piano / Ken'ichi MasakadoPrinted versionhttps://global.goldenheartspublications.com/products/ghmb-11Program notes :I think that people are quietly seeing their own “future”, through the “past”, against the “present”, which is the starting point.The title is because this work is on basis of “Oita Saigoku Junrei-Uta (Pilgrimage song)” and old folk song “Sakura (Cherry blossoms)”.  Title doesn’t indicate the particular landscape nor sound. However, this work may reflect the people who is seeing their “past”, quietly, and seeking for their...