Premiere of the fanfare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Minamisatsuma City by The Duke of Lancaster’s Regimental Band
2025/8/2
On Saturday 2nd August, Cultural Consul Masataka Abe attended a concert by The Duke of Lancaster’s Regimental Band at Queens Street Garden East.
On the day, the musical troupe performed a march and played a concerto of traditional opera, popular music, and they also performed with Scottish bagpipes. During the concert, a new fanfare written by Japanese composer Dai Fujikura was premiered, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Minamisatsuma City in Kagoshima Prefecture, which was his grandparents’ hometown. It was introduced by Scottish librettist Harry Ross, and together they are producing “The Great Wave”, an opera themed around the life of famous ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. This premiere was achieved due to the connection to the Satsuma Band, thought to be the origin of Japanese wind bands.
It has great meaning that the Satsuma Domain and the UK’s historical connection is what made this modern day cultural exchange possible, and we hope that music will continue to contribute to the exchange between Japan and the UK.
(Photo: Murray Kerr)
On the day, the musical troupe performed a march and played a concerto of traditional opera, popular music, and they also performed with Scottish bagpipes. During the concert, a new fanfare written by Japanese composer Dai Fujikura was premiered, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Minamisatsuma City in Kagoshima Prefecture, which was his grandparents’ hometown. It was introduced by Scottish librettist Harry Ross, and together they are producing “The Great Wave”, an opera themed around the life of famous ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. This premiere was achieved due to the connection to the Satsuma Band, thought to be the origin of Japanese wind bands.
It has great meaning that the Satsuma Domain and the UK’s historical connection is what made this modern day cultural exchange possible, and we hope that music will continue to contribute to the exchange between Japan and the UK.
(Photo: Murray Kerr)