Yuki Matsuri
Snow Festival
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Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin 3 (Viola T.C.) - 2

SKU: CF.YAS130

Snow Festival. Composed by Larry Clark. Young String Orchestra. Yuki Matsuri means snow festival in Japanese. The idea of this piece is to depict a beautiful snow-filled day with lots of winter activities. The main melody is based upon a pentatonic scale and should have a nice lilt. The piece starts out with a melodic. Score and part(s). With Standard notation. Duration 3 minutes. Carl Fischer Music #YAS130. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YAS130).

ISBN 9780825894664. UPC: 798408094669. 9 x 12 inches. Key: G major.

Meaning "snow festival" in Japanese, Yuki Matsuri takes the listener on a journey through the winter festivals of Japan. Clark has such a way of making you smile through his music. There is, however, plenty of sophistication and musicality required to play this one, and would serve nicely on a festival program.
Yuki Matsuri means "snow festival" in Japanese. The idea of this piece is to depict a beautiful snow-filled day with lots of winter activities. The main melody is based upon a pentatonic scale and should have a nice lilt. The piece starts out with a melodic fragment from the main theme that builds in a pyramid fashion leading to the dominant. The main theme is then stated with a pizzicato bass line and light accompaniment figures. The repeat of the main theme adds the cello on the tune for more depth. This is followed by a secondary section with a duet in the violins. The light style is interrupted with a lush legato melody in the cello and thick harmonies in the other strings as contrast to the main-theme section. The piece then contains interplay and various different orchestrations of these three sections and is completed with a short coda based on the introductory material.

About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series

This series of Grade 2/Grade 2.5 pieces is designed for second and third year ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
--Occasionally extending to third position
--Keys carefully considered for appropriate difficulty
--Addition of separate 2nd violin and viola parts
--Viola T.C. part included
--Increase in independence of parts over beginning levels