Melanie Donahue
Celtic Voyage
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Melanie Donahue
Celtic Voyage
Score
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Melanie Donahue
- Series Alfred Young Symphonic Series
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- Edition Score Download
- Publisher Alfred Publishing
- Order no. ALF31716S-DL
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Description:
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.