Satoshi Yagisawa

This work was commissioned by the All Japan Band Association (Chiba Prefecture) to commemorate their 45th anniversary. The composer, Satoshi Yagisawa, was requested to write a march that was easy enou...

This fantastic, stirring fanfare was written with the composer?s wish that the young musicians performing it would fly into the bright future like pheasants. The first part of the piece is a fanfare,...

With this work, commissioned by a prestigious girls? school with more than a hundred years of tradition and history, the composer aimed to write a universal work with love as its theme. He succeeded i...

With this work, commissioned by a prestigious girls? school with more than a hundred years of tradition and history, the composer aimed to write a universal work with love as its theme. He succeeded i...

The title's meaning is two-fold: as a letter, I stands for the Japanese Iwata Band Association. As a number, I represents Satoshi Yagisawa's hope that this is only the first in a future series of work...

Das 'I' im Titel steht für den auftraggebenden Blasorchesterverband Iwata und ist, als Zahl gelesen, zugleich ein Ausdruck der Hoffnung auf einen Nachfolger dieses eindrucksvollen Werkes im selben Sti...

The Spring Sketches is a sequel to Young Pheasants in the Sky by the same composer. The entire piece was written in a chorale-like style and contains the theme of its predecessor. Thus, The Spring Ske...

The Spring Sketches is a sequel to the 2006 Fanfare - Young Pheasants in the Sky. The Spring Sketches is a wonderful work to perform on its own, but also creates an interesting set when performed in c...

This opening piece by Japanese composer Satoshi Yagisawa expresses joy, gratitude, hope and courage. The three sections are performed without interruption. We hear 'Joy' in the brilliant introduction,...

This piece was commissioned by Matsudo Citizen Wind Orchestra for their 30th anniversary concert and premiêred by the band conducted by Kenichiro Hasunuma in July 2009. This piece is typical of Satosh...

This piece was commissioned by Japan Ground Self Defense Force Western Army Band. In the programme note for the première the composer wrote: 'I am always impressed by the expansive earth and sparkling...

The commissioner of this piece, a conductor and friend of the composer, asked Satoshi Yagisawa to compose an item in the choral style of some of his earlier works. The result is the classic warm and g...

Satoshi Yagisawa is well known for his dramatic symphonic band compositions. Even though he has written relatively few marches, they are also very popular: March Willing and Able is based on a chorale...

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Composer Satoshi Yagisawa wrote this fanfare for the anniversary of a concert band whose conductor he knew well. As a result, Fanfare to the Unknown World is a piece that lets the band shine in its fu...

Alphamonic Overture is an opening piece that serves equally well at other points in a concert programme. This unique work is based on the syllables of the name of the orchestra: just as Ravel once wro...

This piece was commissioned by the Hokuryo Wind Ensemble of Chigasaki Hokuryo High School in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan, and was premiered by the ensemble, conducted by Toru Maruyama. Pandora is...

This piece was commissioned by the Hokuryo Wind Ensemble of Chigasaki Hokuryo High School in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan, and was premiered by the ensemble, conducted by Toru Maruyama. Pandora is...

Like the Eagle, We Soar and Rise was commissioned by Yuying Secondary School Concert Band and Yuying Alumni Association for the 2010 centenary of the school's foundation. The piece was named by a frie...

Satoshi Yagisawa received a commission by the Hiroshima Shinjo Junior & Senior High School, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the school. The resul...

KYO-WA is a suite in three movements - Fanfare, Chorale and March, which composer Satoshi Yagisawa wrote individually year on year between 2008 and 2010 for a symphonic wind band. The word KYO in the...

This piece was commissioned by Horikoshi High School Wind Ensemble. The director and conductor of the ensemble, Takashi Yoshizawa, has been a close friend of Satoshi Yagisawa since the inception of th...

Satoshi Yagisawa's often-dramatic concert band works are not only played in his homeland of Japan, but also throughout Asia and further a_x005Ffield. The commission for this work in fact came from Tai...

The renowned Japanese composer Satoshi Yagisawa was given three separate tasks for this commission: it should be a short, attractive piece of music that is easy to listen to; it should be suitable as...