Concert Band - Grade 3 SKU: AP.31716S
Composed by Melanie Donahue. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Young Symphonic. Programmatic. Score. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-31716S. Published by Alfred Music (AP.31716S). UPC: 038081355962. English.
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.
