Ballad for Benny

Grade 3 | 5 Mins

On 14th February 2001, my second son, Benjamin, was born. He has turned out to be a sheer delight and Ballad for Benjamin was written as a birthday present for him.

Opening gently, a short introduction leads to the main ballad theme, a gentle waltz melody played by cornets and horns. This reaches a climax and leads to a bridge section, which features passages in thirds in the upper half of the band. This again builds to a climax, which reintroduces the main theme, this time played by the lower cornets and euphoniums under a descant from the upper cornets. This full-band presentation of the theme subsides to a short coda, based on the bridge passage, which ends the piece quietly.

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