Lake Charles Community Band - March-Bou-Chu by Satoshi Yagisawa

March-Bou-Chu by Satoshi Yagisawa
This work was commissioned by the All Japan Band Association (Chiba Prefector) to commemorate their 45th anniversary. The composer, Satoshi Yagisawa, was requested to write a march based on the fold
songs of the Chiba Prefecture. After several months of research, the composer finally discovered Boushu Oiwake, a lyrical fold song sung with the Japanese bamboo flute and shamisen (three-stringed Japanese instrument). The composer built up March-Bou-Chu wtith his own musical usage, using this folk song. The expressions of performance vary according to the tempos and interpretations of passages.