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A Carnival DayConcertino for Alto Saxophone and Euphonium with Band Accompaniment

A Carnival DayConcertino for Alto Saxophone and Euphonium with Band Accompaniment

  • Composer: Ito, Yasuhide
  • Duration: 6:30
  • Genre: Concert & Festival
  • Publisher: Ito Music
  • Item No: NAS-BK504


$200.00
Printed set (Score & Parts)
1st & 2nd Flutes
Piccolo
1st & 2nd Oboes
1st & 2nd Bassoons

Clarinet in Eb
1st Clarinet in Bb
2nd Clarinet in Bb
3rd Clarinet in Bb
Alto Clarinet in Eb
Bass Clarinet in Bb

1st Alto Saxophone in Eb
2nd Alto Saxophone in Eb
Tenor Saxophone in Bb
Baritone Saxophone in Eb

Solo Alto Saxophone in Eb
Solo Euphonium
1st & 2nd Horns in F
3rd & 4th Horns in F

1st & 2nd Trumpets in Bb
3rd Trumpet in Bb

1st & 2nd Trombones
3rd Trombone

1st & 2nd Euphoniums
Tuba
String Bass

Timpani

1st Percussion
Cymbals
Bass Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
2 Toms
Tambourine

2nd Percussion
Marimba
Glockenspiel
Vibraphone
Xylophone

In 2011, I had two excellent students at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music as members of the Green-Tie Wind Ensemble (GWE), of which I was director. They were Satoru Kobayashi (saxophone) and Hitoshi Kosaki (Euphonium). I had the idea to write small concerto for them. They could easily play a wide range, and their playing techniques and expression were outstanding. I therefore made it an exuberant and luscious work in a virtuoso style. In the middle section, a cadenza by the two soloists is followed by saxophone and euphonium sections in band. It was premiered on November 26, 2011 under the baton of Nobutaka Masui.

Composed by formatting the computer file of my band arrangement of "Carnival of Venice", the title had been left while writing music, and parts were even handed to the players. It was strange to hear rumors that GWE was practicing Berlioz's "Roman Carnival" Overture. It took time for me to understand it was a misunderstanding about the word "Carnival". I had the idea to leave the word "Carnival" in the title. So, in fact, this is not a music for a "Carnival", in fact! Anyway, I enjoyed writing this music.
After the great success of premiere, someone advised me to write a further movement, but I have no intention of doing so. Later on, however, a version with piano accompaniment, a fanfare band version, and the version for two alto saxophones have been made.

(Yasuhide Ito)