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Title	Sakura
Article no.	4111955
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Original contemporary music (20th, 21st century)
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Text language	German {de}
Country of publication	Austria (at)
Publisher *	pettermusic Musikverlag
Composer	Andraschek, Siegmund
Difficulty level	5
Evaluation level of countries	A5 (Austrian E level)
Additional info/contents	Auftragswerk des Steirischen Blasmusikverbandes. Uraufführung am 6. Jänner 2016 durch das LJBO Steiermark, Dirigent: Wolfgang Jud, Grazer Kongress - Stefaniensaal
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Programme notes *: The composer Siegmund Andraschek writes about his work: The culturally significant Japanese cherry blossom (sakura) begins in Japan in mid-March in Kyushu and then moves northeast until it arrives in Hokkaido around the beginning of May. It stands for beauty (1), departure (2) and transience (3). In this composition, however, the cherry blossom begins its journey west in the form of the Japanese folk song of the same name. On the journey, religiously associated musical forms of expression such as the Buddhist ohm, among others, are effortlessly brought together with Gregorian sounds to form a harmonic unity. In a kind of pollination ceremony supported by two cajons, the melody gradually mixes with Latin American sounds. After a short unexpected interruption in which a union with typical features of Viennese music is accomplished, the folk song theme merges more and more with Latin American rhythms into a unity before this is stopped and seemingly destroyed by an unbelievable violence, cruel as it can only be exercised by human hands and can never be described by music. But destruction and violence do not prevent the cherry blossom from setting out on its path once more, and everything starts all over again. Despite all the seriousness that any subject matter can offer, it is always a matter of concern to me to also include moments in my works that can definitely be seen with a certain wink. But they have to be discovered first and don't show themselves. But they are there ;). As in life, enlightenment is not to be found in this piece if one takes everything too seriously; it is the mixture, the cross-over of seriousness and fun while maintaining respect, that can create the right access to the piece.

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