OSAWA, Hisato大澤壽人（1906-1953）

CONCERTO for Trumpet Solo and Orchestra（1950）

トランペット協奏曲

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).1.2asax(=cl).2tsax(=cl).0-0.4.4.0-perc:drm/timp/woodblk/tom-t-pf-str, solo tpt

Premiere: [Radio premiere] 22 October 1950, JOBK Radio (NHK Osaka Broadcasting Station), cond. by the composer, Osaka Radio Symphonet, Shizuo Adachi (tpt) [Stage premiere] 2 September 2012, Kioi Hall (Tokyo), cond. by Kiyotaka Teraoka, Orchestra Nipponica, Osamu Kumashiro (tpt)

Description: Concerto for Trumpet Solo and Orchestra, completed in March 1950, was the first Japanese concerto for the instrument. It
received its premiere on the radio in October 1950, performed by Osawa and the Osaka Radio Symphonet with Shizuo Adachi
on the trumpet.
　　The work is scored for unusual forces: Osawa integrates an orchestra consisting of 1 flute (doubling piccolo), 1 oboe and
strings with a big band consisting of 4 saxophones (doubling clarinets), 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano and percussion. After the
war, Osawa turned to composing music for the middle class, and was particularly passionate about symphonic jazz. This concerto
was a result of this new venture.
　　Osawa’s concerto output began with the Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor and the Double Bass Concerto from his Boston
days, followed by his Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor written in Paris. After his return to Japan, he composed the Violin
Concertino “Chinese Poem,” Piano Concerto No. 3 in A flat Major “Kamikaze,” Saxophone Concerto, and this concerto. By
1950, there were approximately 20 concertos written by Japanese composers, seven of them by Osawa. All seven were either the
first of their kind in Japan or among the earliest examples, a testament to Osawa’s extraordinary creative output.
Mikiko Ikushima
(English Translation: Nahoko Gotoh)