Mystery On Mena Mountain Julie Giroux

Titel / Title: Mystery On Mena Mountain
Herausgeber / Publisher: Southern Music Company
Instrumentation: Concert Band
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
ISBN: 9781581061598
UPC: 884088776060
Alternative Artikelnummer: S564CB

This popular programmatic piece was first played and recorded by Frank Wickes and the Louisiana State University Wind Ensemble in 1985. The title refers to a story of two children who disappeared in the vicinity of Mena Mountain in 1940. According to a legend in the Ozark Mountains of western Arkansas, the two children set out to meet angels who were believed to live in the clouds above Mena Mountain.

As the work opens, the sun is rising above the mountain top with the main theme representing the power of the mountain itself. An allegro tempo indicates that the children are beginning their climb; a slower section describes their wandering through the foggy morning until a break in the mist reveals a choir of 200 white-robed angels singing and playing golden instrument. Entranced by the music, the children walk on the clouds and accept the invitation of the angels to accompany them to heaven. As the piece closes, the clouds rise and float slowly out of sight, leaving Mena Mountain as it was before.