Tajino - Japanese Songs for Clarinet Choir

This composition for clarinet choir with optional percussion is a modern medley of 3 famous Japanese folksongs: 'Zui Zui Zukkrobashi': a tragic Japanese fairytale describing the fear for high ranked Samurai; 'Hotaru': a Japanese folksong about a firefly and 'Oedo Nihonbashi': the folksong describing 53 stations of the Tokaido Highway during the procession of a feudal Lord leaving Ninhonbashi (which was a prosperous centre of Edo culture in ancient Japan).

Instrumentation:

• E-flat Clarinet
• 3 B-Flat Clarinets (divisi)
• Alto Clarinet/Basset Horn
• Bass Clarinet 
• Contralto Clarinet
• Contrabass Clarinet
• Percussion - Slapstick, Bass Drum, Temple Blocks, Snare Drum, Vibraslap, Triangle (two players) - Optional