Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1274787 Composed by Elena Kats-Chernin. Arranged by John Ivor Holland. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary. Score and Parts. 72 pages. John Ivor Holland #866938. Published by John Ivor Holland (A0.1274787). The composer writes: 'While composing Joy in a Minor Key I attempted to achieve a fleeting, light, poetic, almost never touching the ground quality. The piece is written in my favourite form of rondo waltz with a coda'. The composition was commissioned by an Australian patroness for the 50th birthday of her husband, who had recently recovered from serious illness. On first hearing the atmospherically ambivalent sounds, she then felt more reminded of her mother, a great lover of music, to whose memory Joy in a Minor Key was finally dedicated. This arrangement for concert band has been created as part of a project to expand the repertoire of music by women from around the world.
