Besetzung: | Blasorchester |
Komponist: | Melanie Donahue |
Grad:Schwierigkeitsgrad: | 3 (mittelschwer bis schwer / Mittelstufe) |
Genre: | Konzertwerk |
Umfang: | Partitur und Stimmen |
Seitenumfang: | 144 |
ISBN: | 978-0-7692-2359-9 |
Verlag: |
Alfred Music Publishing |
Kategorie: |
Konzertwerke |
Inspired by the many hardships of the Irish immigrants, this piece brings hope of a new world, a new lease on life and a second chance. The piece begins with the sound of the ocean in the background (played by the ocean drum) while a solo flute plays the main theme. As the piece develops the theme represents several scenes: first, the knowledge that life needs to change due to the famine and hardships of the time; second, the immigrants begin their move to America; third, the arrival in America and seeing the statue of Liberty, which is the climactic moment of the piece; and finally, ending with the same idea in the beginning of the piece but now as memory and longing for Ireland.