Shachihoko Golden March

This lively march is themed on the ‘Shachihoko’, the symbol of Nagoya Castle, and ‘Miso’, the foundation of the food culture in Nagoya. The sound motif that stretches big from bottom to top (= the Shachihoko pose of sound) is used throughout: for example, glissandos of slide whistles, string instruments, timpani et al. Miso is a condiment that represents Nagoya, as seen in ‘Misokatsu’, ‘Miso stewed udon’, ‘Miso oden’ and so on. This march develops based on a motif that uses the sounds ‘mi’ and ‘sol’ (= the sound motif of Miso).
Noriko Koide