Concert Marches for Concert Band

Konzertwerk/Wettbewerbsstück Commitment to Courage ist eine Hommage an die Arbeit der Feuerwehrleute auf der ganzen Welt, die täglich ihr Leben für die Sicherheit der Bevölkerung riskieren. Der erste...

Enjoying his travels in Scotland, Marco Pütz decided to compose a piece for wind band, based on Scottish folk songs. While in the airport at Glasgow, shortly before boarding his plane, Pütz bought a c...

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...

Ministry of Winds provides some interesting food for thought that Jacob de Haan translates into music. What if there was a Ministry of Winds? It would be in charge of the advancement and dissemination...

Konzertwerk/Wettbewerbsstück Elegy I 'Jealousy' wurde nach dem gleichnamigen Gedicht von John Donne benannt. Eifersucht (Jealousy) vermag eine ganze Reihe von Emotionen auszulösen - von Enttäuschung,...

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...

This piece was commissioned by Oyama City Symphonic Wind Orchestra to commemorate their 30th Anniversary. The composer was inspired by Oyama City's slogan, 'water, green and earth', to write this fest...

Le Lion de Belfort was composed for the official inauguration of the sculpture Le Lion de Belfort : an enormous red sandstone lion that dominates the landscape of the French city of Belfort. This 22 m...

Chapters of Life is a moving concerto that musically carries the positive message that even life's hardest knocks don't mean the end. In three movements: Wild Days, To Dana and Chapters of Life , the...

Saxophone Concertino is one of a series of solo concerti by Japanese composer, Satoshi Yagisawa. In this piece, the solo saxophonist's voice does not separate from the concert band, but rather develop...

The Atlas Symphony for symphonic wind band is an impressive and subtle work, thematically complex, with a rich orchestration, but also great beauty. The composer was keen to draw a parallel between an...

The Soldier's Wife is a short and simple piece commissioned by the Singapore Ministry of Education. It was originally intended as a compulsory piece for the 2012 Singapore Youth Festival. Because many...

This concertino was written to a commission by Japanese percussionist Kazuko Ogawa as an addition to Satoshi Yagisawa's concerto series (trumpet, trombone, marimba, saxophone, and clarinet with wind o...

The Book of Urizen is a fascinating two-part composition for wind orchestra, soprano voice and a speaking voice that works with unusual soundscapes. The work takes its inspiration from the cycle of po...

Sa Música - 'Our Music' - is the music from Mallorca, an island with a long and difficult past. The work tells of the Greeks, who once erected a temple on the island; of the Romans who occupied the is...

Intermezzo is the second movement of Satoshi Yagisawa's Clarinet Concerto. The concerto was first performed by Higashi-Hiroshima Wind Ensemble in Hiroshima, Japan in 2010 with guest performer Shinsuke...

This composition was written on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the De Pinte wind band. This is also the derivation of Latin title Aureus (golden-from the word aurum, or gold). This work is comp...

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...

This work was especially composed for a concert series that was characterised by a variety of musical directions. These musical directions are captured in Campus Intrada, which was named after the Cul...

Here's a cheerful piece for young - and perhaps incomplete - ensembles, which portrays a tropical island. Syncopated motifs create bags of swing. Great fun for young musicians and their audience who,...

Jan Van der Roost wrote this festive overture for the Yokohama Art Festival. The theme is an obvious reflection of the vibrant, dynamic city of Yokohama. The chorale-like moments in this energetic and...

The Clarinet Concerto is the highpoint of Satoshi Yagisawa's 'Concerto Series', which also includes Suite Concertante for Piano and Wind Orchestra, Trumpet Concerto, Trombone Concerto and Saxophone Co...

The Other Side was written as a farewell to a loved one. Following the melancholy theme of mourning in a minor key we also hear the happy memories in major key and also the knowledge that the person w...

A brief introduction leads to a majestic theme in the clarinets, supported by pounding percussion beats, before the brass section takes up the theme in a quicker, heroic fashion. In Statue of Liberty...