| 作曲者 | James Barnes(ジェームズ・バーンズ) |
| シリーズ | 輸入オリジナル |
| 編成概要 | 吹奏楽 |
| 解説 | ジェームズ・バーンズはアメリカの作曲家で、吹奏楽の交響的作品を数多く手がけ、豊かな和声と緻密な構成で高く評価されています。本作は全4楽章から成る大規模作品で劇的な序章、叙情的な緩徐楽章、舞曲的なスケルツォ、そして壮大なフィナーレへと展開します。各楽章は独立した性格を持ちながら全体として統一感があり、ドラマティックな音楽構築が特徴です。グレードの高い作品として高度な技術と表現力が求められます。吹奏楽の交響性を存分に味わえる作品です。 (出版社のオリジナル解説) Composed during the summer and fall of 1974, Barnes’ FIRST SYMPHONY, Op. 35 was his master’s thesis at The University of Kansas. It was premiered in the spring semester of 1976 by their Symphonic Band, Robert E. Foster conducting. The following year, the symphony was awarded the American Bandmasters Ostwald Composition prize, which led to a second performance (of only the first two movements) by the Northwestern Wind Ensemble at the American Bandmasters convention with Col. Jack Cline (U.S Marine Band) conducting. Following this performance, Barnes submitted the work to several publishers, all of which declined on the basis it was too long and difficult to be marketable. For this reason, Barnes set the work aside and there it remained until 2022, when an offer came from the Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra to record all nine of Barnes’_x0092_symphonies to help celebrate their 100th anniversary. Barnes seized the opportunity, engraving all four movements, with revisions and corrections, an effort that took seven days a week for two months to complete. As a result, after almost fifty years, all nine of the Barnes symphonies are finally available for performance. |
| 解説2 | ※ロケットミュージック代表の助安博之はアメリカの出版社「Southern Music Co.(サザン・ミュージック・カンパニー)」に日本人初の社員として8年間勤務。「Southern Music Co.」専属作曲家のJames Barnes(ジェームズ・バーンズ)とは長年親しくさせていただいた同僚です。 |
