[吹奏楽-スコア] 青は遠い色(吹奏楽版) (福島弘和) - スタディスコア

谷川俊太郎さんの「青」という詩をもとに作曲した合唱曲をモチーフに、詩の内容のイメージで混合八重奏曲を書き、それを元に小編成の吹奏楽曲にしました。アンサンブル譜に比べると演奏時間を増やすため、色々な部分で構成が異なります。

冒頭のモチーフには「青は遠い色」という歌詞がそのまま当てはまります。透明感のある演奏を目指してください。フレーズごとに転調してゆくのは「空の青に触れられそうで、触れる事ができない」というイメージを表しております。中間部はたっぷりと歌っていただければと思います。最後のデクレッシェンドは音が小さくなってゆくと言うよりは、音が遠ざかってゆくイメージで演奏してください。

編成は1管編成(クラは2管)で、音数も少ないので10人 演奏可能です。また、人数が多いパート(特に内声)は1段下のパートの音を演奏してください。パーカッションはマルチパーカッション的な配置の工夫が必要で、Timp とSD を同時に演奏する様な箇所はスティックやマレットの硬さを工夫してください。

谷川俊太郎詩、堀本惠美子画による絵本「青は遠い色」( 玲風書房 ISBN4-947666-08-0) も是非参考にしてイメージを膨ら
ませてみてください。

Using a choral piece based on the poem "Ao" ("Blue") by Shuntaro Tanikawa as a motif, I composed a mixed octet piece inspired by the contents of the same poem. This composition is a version of that piece, edited for small wind ensembles. In order to facilitate a longer performance, many of the sections of this piece differ in structure from their counterparts in the mixed octet version.
The lyric "blue is a far away color" is apropos to the opening motif. Please try to play this section with a sense of "clarity" and "translucence."
The key changes that come with each phrase represent the notion that while the blue of the sky seems within reach, we cannot touch it.
I wrote the middle section in the hope of hearing it sung with feeling. As for the final decrescendo, more than making the sound quieter, please perform it with the idea in mind that the sound is becoming more distant.
The ensemble remains mostly as a single section and the number of notes is small, so the piece can be performed by an ensemble as small as 10 musicians. When you have a large number of people playing one part, please have them play the notes for the next part down. Regarding the percussion, the musicians will need to be stationed in a way that will allow them to perform multiple percussion instruments, so please keep in mind the hardness of the sticks and mallets as it relates to any sections in which the percussionists may be playing timpani and snare drum at the same time.
Please refer to the book Blue is a Far Way Color (Reifu Shobo, ISBN: 4-947666-08-0), with poetry by Shuntaro Tanikawa and illustrations by Emiko Horimoto, and let your imagination run free.