Osanpo Suisougaku - Seasonal Japanese Wind Band Radio

October 2nd is the anniversary of Max Bruch's death. We share his "Adagio on Celtic Themes," built on Scottish and Irish folk melodies, for solo cello and wind band.

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Max BRUCH arr. Yorick DE BRUYCKER "Adagio on Celtic Themes, Op.56"

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October 1st is International Music Day, and Paul Dukas's birthday. We share his symphonic poem "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" — famous from Disney's "Fantasia" — in Katsuhiro Oguri's arrangement for clarinet octet.

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Paul DUKAS arr. Katsuhiro OGURI "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

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September 30th is "Walnut Day" in Japan. We share the most famous piece from the ballet "The Nutcracker," the "Waltz of the Flowers," in Atsuki Tsutsumi's arrangement for clarinet sextet.

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Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY arr. Atsuki TSUTSUMI "Waltz of the Flowers (from The Nutcracker)"

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September 29th is the birthday of Jean-Baptiste Singelée. We share his "First Saxophone Quartet" — one of the very earliest works ever written for the ensemble that would become the saxophone quartet.

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Jean-Baptiste SINGELEE arr. Jean-Marie LONDEIX "Premier Quatuor"

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September 28th is the anniversary of Eugène Bozza's death. We share his witty little gem, the "Scherzo for Wind Quintet," full of French color and esprit.

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Eugene BOZZA "Scherzo for Wind Quintet, Op.48"

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September 27th is the anniversary of Humperdinck's death. We share highlights from his opera "Hansel and Gretel" — the "Evening Prayer," the "Witch's Ride" and more — in Siegmund Andraschek's arrangement for trombone sextet.

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Engelbert HUMPERDINCK arr. Siegmund ANDRASCHEK "Hansel und Gretel: Highlights"

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September 26th is Gershwin's birthday. We share highlights from his only opera, "Porgy and Bess" — including "Summertime" — in Hirokazu Fukushima's arrangement for wind band.

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George GERSHWIN arr. Hirokazu FUKUSHIMA "From Opera Porgy and Bess"

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September 25th is Shostakovich's birthday. We share the stylish, approachable "Second Waltz" from his Jazz Suite No. 2, in André Waignein's arrangement for flexible ensemble.

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Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH arr. Andre WAIGNEIN "The Second Waltz (from Jazz Suite No.2)"

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September 24th is Vaclav Nelhybel's birthday. We share a rare ensemble work by the master known for large-scale band pieces — his "Saxophone Quartet Book" — for saxophone quartet.

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Vaclav NELHYBEL "Saxophone Quartet Book"

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September 23rd is the Autumnal Equinox, and the anniversary of Malcolm Arnold's death. We share his substantial chamber work, the "Quintet for Brass," for brass quintet.

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Malcolm ARNOLD "Quintet for Brass, Op.73"

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