Lamentation To ──(Theme and Variations)

This concert piece is consist of a theme, four variations and funeral march (finale).

Arranged from the “Variation for Orchestra” with a theme, five variations and finale. Due to limitation of instrumentation, the 2nd. variation is removed from this wind band arrangement.

Hiroshi Hoshina dedicated the Finale to his best friend Bin Kaneda, to fulfill a promise of composing a funeral march for each other.

• Introduction     (0:47)
• Theme             (2:35)
• I. con fuoco     (1:43)
• II. giocoso       (2:53)
• III. alla marcia  (2:04)
• IV. burlesco     (2:20)
• Finale. mesto  (7:04)

– Commission

Brain Music

– Premier

• Date : 1999
• Place : (Session Recording)
• Cond. : Yoshihiro Kimura
• Performed by : Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band

– Also available for

• for Orchestra (Variations for Orchestra)

– CD/DVD

• Fu-Mon – Hiroshi Hoshina Master Works / Brain  (BOCD-7403)
• Hoshina Festival – Cond. Hiroshi Hoshina, Philharmonic Winds Hamamatsu / Brain (OSBR-34008-9)

– Comments

Sheet music is available from us (rental)