Osanpo Suisougaku - Seasonal Japanese Wind Band Radio

August 14th, Obon. We share Masamichi Amano's "Kokyo... Furusato," depicting Akita from winter to summer, its third movement a lively festival — a piece of longing for home.

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Masamicz AMANO "KOKYOU"

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August 13th, the start of Obon. We share "Fantasy on the Itsuki Lullaby," based on a folk lullaby of Kumamoto, arranged for oboe d'amore by Keiko Takashima.

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Japanese Folk Song / arr. Keiko Takashima "Fantasy on the Itsuki Lullaby"

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August 12th, the Perseid meteor shower peaks. We share "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Disney's Pinocchio, by Leigh Harline, in Masanori Taruya's wind band version.

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Leigh HARLINE / arr. Masanori TARUYA "When You Wish Upon a Star from Pinocchio"

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August 11th is Mountain Day. We share Satoshi Yagisawa's "To the Mountain of Great Mystery," depicting the mountains of Nagano — written for a wind orchestra's 50th anniversary, with a hope to leap forward.

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Satoshi YAGISAWA "To the Great Mysterious Mountain"

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August 10th is Road Day. We share Kosaku Yamada's beloved song "Kono Michi," arranged for oboe d'amore by Keiko Takashima — a nostalgic melody, from a project honoring the oboist Maki Mitani.

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Kosaku Yamada / arr. Keiko Takashima "Kono Michi"

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August 9th is Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Day. We share Hirokazu Fukushima's "Prayer of Heaven and Earth," composed after the form of the Nagasaki Peace Statue — a quiet prayer for peace and for the repose of the victims.

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Hirokazu FUKUSHIMA "Pray for Peace"

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August 8th is a day of eights — turn one on its side and you get ∞, infinity. We share Daisuke Ehara's "Infinity," written for saxophone octet: the eight of eight players, rotated into the endless.

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Daisuke Ehara "Infinity"

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#64-8/7 With the Cool Wind, a Thought for This Earth / Apotheosis of This Earth (Karel Husa)

August 7th is Risshū, the first day of autumn on the old calendar, and the birthday of Karel Husa. We share his 1970 wind band work Apotheosis of This Earth — a warning about the destruction of the earth, ending in a prayer-like voice.

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Karel Husa "Apotheosis of This Earth"

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#63-8/6 A Dawn of Peace, Not Yet Seen / Dawn of Peace (Akira Toda)

August 6th is the day of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. Turning our thoughts to this day, we share Akira Toda's "Dawn of Peace" — a piece of longing and prayer for a peace that has still not arrived.

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Akira Toda "Dawn of Peace"

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#62-8/5 A Toast, in Music, to the Glass in Your Hand / Cheers! (Jack Stamp)

August 5th is International Beer Day. We share a wind band piece named exactly for the occasion — Jack Stamp's "Cheers!" — a bright, high-spirited concert opener that fizzes like the very first sip.

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Jack Stamp "Cheers!"

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