Wind Ensemble in Orchestra / Shigeo Genda, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
Release Date: April 24, 2024
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Osamu Shoji: Disco Kid for Orchestra
What image does the word "Wind Ensemble" conjure up in your mind? You may have experienced it as a "cultural club activity", a page from your youth, or you may have seen it on television. Some of the pieces played by wind and percussion instruments, which rarely include strings, are "super masterpieces" full of beautiful melodies that are too good to be left as mere "memories of youth". This CD is a dream project to perform such "super masterpieces" in brass band with a full orchestra. The guest musicians are Nobuya Sugawa (saxophone) and Saika Sato (euphonium), both stars of the wind instrument world, and the CD features a selection of works that the composers themselves have arranged for orchestra, as well as newly arranged works. This is a live recording of a hotly anticipated programme for all brass band fans under the baton of the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra and its honorary conductor, Shigeo Genda.
[Biography]
Shigeo Genda, Conductor
Born 1959 in Tokyo, Japan, studied cello in an orchestra from the age of nine under Katsuo Shimizu. While still in high school, he aspired to become a conductor and was taught by Noboru Kaneko, and in 1979 entered the Tokyo College of Music, majoring in conducting. Studied under Yasuhiko Shiozawa and Seiichi Mitsuishi. In 1982, he entered the Department of Conducting at the Tokyo University of the Arts. He made his conducting debut in 1986 in the opera Hansel and Gretel at the Tokyo Nikikai, and was appointed conductor of the Shinsei Nippon Symphony Orchestra upon graduation in 1987. 1990: Government-funded scholarship to the Vienna State Opera as an overseas trainee of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. He has made guest appearances with the Dresden Philharmonic, Slovak Philharmonic, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Sanremo Symphony Orchestra, etc., and continues to be active in both concert and opera. 1994 Shinobu Sato concert at the Prague Spring was televised throughout Europe. He has also been an active guest conductor with orchestras in Japan, becoming conductor of the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra in 1996, permanent conductor in 2000 and honorary conductor in 2009. He is a highly experienced opera conductor, and has been trusted by singers for such performances as Nikikai 21, Kansai Nikikai, Ken Nishikori-produced opera and Shinobu Sato's production of Yuzuru (Evening Crane). Since 2023 he has been a guest professor at the Department of Conducting at Tokyo University of the Arts, where he also teaches younger students.
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Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
The orchestra was founded in 1970 as the only professional orchestra based in Kanagawa Prefecture. It was recognised as a general foundation in 1978 and as a public interest incorporated foundation in 2014. It organises regular concerts and special performances mainly in Yokohama and Kawasaki, as well as touring performances throughout the prefecture. The orchestra is also active in music education, holding music appreciation classes at elementary schools across the country, conveying the appeal of music to a wide range of generations, and actively travelling to medical institutions and special needs schools to give performances. The orchestra will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2020, and with Tatsunori Numajiri as Music Director, Shigeo Genda as Honorary Conductor and Kazuhiro Koizumi as Special Guest Conductor, the orchestra is attracting more and more attention for its popularity and ability.
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[Album Information]
Wind Ensemble in Orchestra
Shigeo Genda, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
Release Date: April 24, 2024 SACD（2ch）
SICC-19076 ￥3,520 (tax in)
Track List
01 James Barnes (arr. by Koichi Ohashi): Alvamar Overture (Orchestra Version)
02 Hiroshi Hoshina: Fu-Mon (wind ripple) for Orchestra (Original Version)
03 Philip Sparke (arr. by Koichi Ohashi) : Pantomime (Orchestra Version)
04 Alfred Reed (arr. by Koichi Ohashi): Armenian Dances Part 1 (Orchestra Version)
05Miho Hazama: Saxophone Sonata No.1 "Kingdom of Copen Blue" (Orchestra Version)
06 Maurice Ravel: Boléro
07 Osamu Shoji: Disco Kid for Orchestra
Nobuya Sugawa, Saxophone (05-07)
Ayaka Sato, Euphonium (03, 06, 07)
Shigeo Genda, Conductor
Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording: November 4, 2023, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Main Hall (Live Recording)
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