Concert Band
Prélude for Minatomirai — from the Harbor View Hill
This music protected.
©2016 NAKANISHI Eisuke
| Name | Prélude for Minatomirai — from the Harbor View Hill |
|---|---|
| Composer | NAKANISHI Eisuke |
| Publisher | 中西英介 |
| Price: | USD38.00 |
| Category | Concert Band |
| Instrumentation | piccolo,
2 flutes,
2 oboes,
english horn,
2 bassoons,
contrabassoon,
Eb clarinet,
3 Bb clarinet,
alto clarinet,
bass clarinet,
contrabass clarinet,
soprano saxophone,
2 alto saxophones,
2 tenor saxophones,
baritone saxophone,
bass saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombone, bass trombone, 2 euphoniums, tuba contrabass, timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, tambourin, triangle, glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba |
| Duration | 2min. |
| Difficulty | |
| File Size | 4.1 MB |
| Tags | #sheet music#musical score#yokohama#city song#wind orchestra#score#nakanishis eisuke#minima yoshie#mori ogai#the brass cruise#tbc |
| Copyright | ©2016 NAKANISHI Eisuke |
This is a dramatic prélude for Yokohama citizens! It is wrote for the Brass Cruise, a festival in Yokohama, in 2016.
Summary
Yokohama City Song is originally wrote by MINAMI Yoshie and lyric by famous MORI Ogai. Elementary school students in Yokohama learn this song, so all citizens sing it. "Prélude for Minatomirai — from the Harbor View Hill" is featuring motifs from it and premiered by Yokohama Wind Symphony in June 2016. Playin Time: 2 min. Including: Full Score and Parts
About the Brass Cruise
Yokohama Port Festival the Brass Cruise is a music event to be held in Minatomirai hall in every June. In this concert, Yokohama Wind Symphony, public offering band for celebration performance, invite a guest conductor and in 2016 NAKANISHI Eisuke acted.
About Music
The Brass Cruise commits the guest conductor to arrange Yokohama City Song for the band every year. It has been inherited by YABE Masao (March April May, the 41st All-Japan Band Competition, etc.), ABE Yuichi (March "Ramesses II", the 43rd All-Japan Band Competition, etc.) and others. In 2016, NAKANISHI Eisuke (The Farthest Castle, the 62nd All-Japan Band Competition) arranged this historical song as heroic and glamorous music. It was highly acclaimed in the premiere and made many band director plan to play.
About Instrumentation
In instrumentation, it fits any band. Most instruments support each other, this is effective especially for smaller band. Also in larger band you can use special instruments like as contrabass clarinet or bass saxophone (of course you can play without them). It includes "Ishi-no-Maki Bell", a bell suffered from aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and this is for the stage effect. The following is the table of instrumentation.
- Piccolo
- Flute I *
- Flute II
- Oboe I
- Oboe II
- English Horn
- Bassoon I
- Bassoon II
- Contrabassoon
- Eb Clarinet
- Bb Clarinet I *
- Bb Clarinet II
- Bb Clarinet III
- Eb Alto Clarinet
- Bb Bass Clarinet *
- Bb Contrabass Clarinet
- Bb Soprano Saxophone
- Eb Alto Saxophone I
- Eb Alt oSaxophone II
- Bb Tenor Saxophone
- Eb Baritone Saxophone
- Bb Bass Saxophone
- Bb Trumpet I *
- Bb Trumpet II
- Bb Trumpet III
- Bb Trumpet IV
- F Horn I & II *
- F Horn III & IV
- Trombone I *
- Trombone II
- Trombone III
- Bass Trombone
- Euphonium I
- Euphonium II
- Tuba *
- Contrabass
- Timpani *
- Snare Drum *
- Bass Drum *
- Cymbals
- Percussion (Tambourin, Triangle)
- Glockenspiel
- Xylophone
- Vibraphone
- Marimba
* Option