Yagisawa: Hymn to the Sun (2005) - Northern Iowa Wind Symphony, Ronald Johnson conductor

"Hymn to the Sun ~ With the Beat of Mother Earth" (2005) by Satoshi Yagisawa (Japan, b. 1975). Performed by the Northern Iowa Wind Symphony with Dr. Ronald Johnson, Conductor, on November 18, 2016 in the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Recorded with permission. "Hymn to the Sun ~ With the Beat of Mother Earth" is a work commissioned by the Tokai City Wind Orchestra for the commemoration of its 40th anniversary. Satoshi Yagisawa, born in 1975, is a graduate of the Musashino Academia Musicae. His prinicipal compositions teachers were Kenjiro Urata, Hitoshi Tanaka, and Hidehiko Hagiwara.