Cat No. JM46931
Price £47.95
Composer: Philip Sparke
Category: SLOW TUNES

Grade 2.5
Duration 4.03

Philip Sparke writes : On 14th February 2001, my second son, Benjamin, was born. He has turned out to be a sheer delight and Ballad for Benny 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 clarinets and saxophones. This reaches a climax and leads to a bridge section, which features passages in thirds on flutes, clarinets and alto saxophones. This again builds to a climax, which reintroduces the main theme, this time played by the brass under a woodwind descant This full-band presentation of the theme subsides to a short coda, based on the bridge passage, which ends the piece quietly.