Amana
Subtitle: Energy of Life
General Info
Year: 2020 / 2021
Duration: c. 9:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Brain Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $115.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- C Piccolo
- Flute
- Oboe (optional)
- Bassoon (optional)
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet (optional)
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II (I doubling B-flat Soprano Saxophone; II optional)
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet I-II (II doubling Water Whistle)
- Horn in F I-II
- Trombone I-II
- Euphonium
- Tuba (doubling Water Whistle)
- Contra-Bass (optional)
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:
- *Anvil
- *Bass Drum
- *Bass Tom
- *Bongos
- *Cabasa (optional)
- *Chimes
- *Foot Bass
- *Glockenspiel
- *Hi-Hat
- *Maracas
- *Marimba
- *Mokushou
- *Ribbon Crusher
- *Sizzle Cymbal
- *Sleigh Bells
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Tam-tam
- *Tom-toms (4)
- *Triangle
- *Vibraphone
- *Whip
- *Wind Chimes
- *Wood Blocks (low and high)
- *Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commissioned by Fuji Kawaguchiko High School to celebrate the 25th anniversary annual concert in 2020. It premiered at Kawaguchiko Stellar Theater.
When I started writing the piece, COVID-19 began spreading in Japan and was in all the headlines. After the first state of emergency was declared, music making disappeared and there were many losses. I was frustrated and angry. I decided to express this angst with my music with strong determination. Amana is an ancient Japanese word for energy and the origin of creativity. I believe there will be a better future as long as we create and keep trying for new challenges.
The song starts with a rather dramatic opening. After an emotional first section, the mid-part expresses the beauty and preciousness of life. Then comes a grand climax for a hopeful future. I hope your life is also fulfilled by this joy of music.
- Program Note by composer
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Taipei Zhong-Zheng Junior High School 27th Wind Band (Taiwan) (Tzou Gi-Hwa, conductor) - 11 July 2024
- Kyoto Shoei High School Symphonic Band (Kyoto, Japan) - 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- A Beautiful Day (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
- Makalish Sophia (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
- Makam Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- Tango Impressions (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
- Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Flex instrumentation) (1807/2013)
All Wind Works
- Amana (2021)
- Amenominakanushi (2017)
- At Meditation for Four Percussionists (2011)
- At Night when Beautiful Star Falls (2011)
- At Night when Beautiful Star Falls 2 (2014)
- Banda Dramatico (2018)
- Barbaresque (2019)
- A Beautiful Day (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
- Calling from Jesus Christ (2016)
- The Dignified Flowers in Bloom (2020/2023)
- Exoticism (2014)
- Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No.2 (as arranger) (2014)
- The Fragment of J (2012)
- Gryphon’s Prayer (2014)
- Hiroshima Toyo Carp Support Songs (as arranger) (2016)
- Itsuka-no-sato, Iizuka (2015)
- The Knight of the Sky (2013)
- Konohananosakuya-hime, Sakura Princes (Larger Version) (2018)
- Konohananosakuya-hime, Sakura Princes (Smaller Version) (2018)
- The Light Shift of Orient (2013)
- Makalish Sophia (Flex instrumentation) (2015)
- Makam Dances (2015)
- Makam Dance (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- Makam Passionato (2018)
- Makam Spirits (2018)
- Memory, Prayer and Revival for Higashi Nihon (2018)
- Miyabi (2012)
- Miyabi-Sakura (2016)
- Musica Ethnote (2018)
- Namikage (2017)
- On Beast (2016)
- Oriental Rhapsody (2013)
- Oriental Rhyth-mood (2014)
- The Path Tenma (2008)
- Percussive Brass (2015)
- Percussive Dance 2011 (2012)
- Percussive Space (2009)
- Percussive Wave (2013)
- Prominence II (2017)
- PULSACION (as arranger) (2012)
- Ran-ei, Hazy Mountain Atmosphere (2015)
- St. Elmo's Fire (2017)
- Sculpture in Brass (2012)
- Sea Goddess (Larger Version) (2013)
- Sea Goddess (Smaller Version) (2015)
- Shi-Shi Kagura (2010)
- Spirytus (2016)
- Strait Defense (2015)
- Tango Impressions (Flex instrumentation) (2016)
- Theme from "Howl's Moving Castle" (as arranger) (2004/2011)
- Tori no Iwa Kusu Fune no Kami (2012)
- Tracks from Mammoth Cave (2011)
- Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Flex instrumentation) (1807/2013)
- Viva Sugar Road March (2015)
- Xylophone Magic (2012)
- Yoikage (2019)