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[DOWNLOAD] Harvest Waves

[DOWNLOAD] Harvest Waves

  • Composer: Fukushima, Hirokazu
  • Grade: 3.5
  • Duration: 5:30
  • Genre: Concert Band
  • Publisher: Brain Music
  • Item No: DL-COMS-85156


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Flute 1 (doubling Piccolo)
Flute 2
Oboe (optional)
Bassoon (optional)
Bb Clarinet 1
Bb Clarinet 2
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Alto Saxophone
Bb Tenor Saxophone
Eb Baritone Saxophone

Bb Trumpet 1
Bb Trumpet 2
F Horn 1
F Horn 2
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)

Timpani
[Percussion 1] Timpani
[Percussion 2] Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbal
[Percussion 3] Bass Drum, Tambourine, Tam-tam, Triangle
[Percussion 4] Glockenspiel, Marimba, Xylophone, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal

My alma mater, Maebashi Minami High School in Gunma Prefecture, was surrounded by rice paddies, a landscape that changed throughout the four seasons. I composed this piece based on such memorable scenery, and it was selected as one of five test pieces for the 1998 All Japan Band Competition, and in 2022, I revised it for a smaller instrumentation.
For this publication, melody, and harmony have been revised. For example, the original version had only brass instruments (Trp. & Trb.) in the first 6 bars, but I have added woodwinds to thicken the sound for ensemble.
* Measure 10-14 added phrases
* Measure 50-62 added accel. to smooth the transition to Allegro
* Measure 116-123 added some phrases
* Measure 211-226 added some phrases for a more precise ending.
Plus a few more minor additions.
The rural landscape of the area around the school, the inspiration for the piece, was still the same in 2022. I was then commissioned to write a piece for the 40th anniversary of the founding of my alma mater's band club, a sequel called ""Spring Green Wheat"", based on the idea that I was enjoying the wheat fields while composing.

(Hirokazu Fukushima)

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