[PDF] Homage for Wind Band / Ken'ichi Masakado [Concert Band (Wind Band)]

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Homage for Wind Band
Composed by Ken'ichi Masakado

Duration：8'30"

Publisher：Golden Hearts Publications（ONSA）

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Program notes:

Composed in January 2014 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sasaguri Wind Orchestra (Fukuoka Prefecture). Premiered on 23 March 2014 under the baton of Tsuneo Ogi, the orchestra’s then Music Director.
The work is not merely a celebration of the orchestra’s ten years, but also an expression of respect for those who have supported the orchestra, and a tribute to the climate, history and people of Sasaguri Town, renowned for the ‘New Shikoku 88 Sacred Sites’. Whilst I did not intend to depict specific scenes or stories of Sasaguri through sound, the piece may reflect the rich natural surroundings and the figures and heartbeats of people who, whilst quietly engaging with the ‘past’, are striving to move towards the ‘future’. (Surely even pilgrims visiting Sasaguri are attempting to glimpse their own ‘future’ by quietly conversing with the ‘past’, taking the ‘present’ as their starting point...)
The piece consists largely of three sections, adopting a structure that might be described as ‘Jo-Ha-Kyu’. ‘Jo’ (from the opening to rehearsal mark B) presents the main motif; ‘Ha’ (from C to G) introduces two themes; and ‘Kyu’ (from H onwards) forms the development (and recapitulation) section.
Revised in 2020.
（Ken’ichi Masakado）

Reference music：

Instrumentation：
Piccolo
Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe
Bassoon
Clarinet in Eb
Clarinet in Bb 1
Clarinet in Bb 2
Clarinet in Bb 3
Alto Clarinet in Eb
Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone in Eb 1
Alto Saxophone in Eb 2
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet in Bb 1
Trumpet in Bb 2
Trumpet in Bb 3
Horn in F 1
Horn in F 2
Horn in F 3
Horn in F 4
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Contrabass
Timpani
Percussion 1 (Suspended Cymbal, 4 Tom-toms)
Percussion 2 (Bass Drum, Bongos)
Percussion 3 (Wood Blocks, Tambourine,  Glockenspiel, Cymbals)
Percussion 4 (Vibraphone, Xylophone)