how many heartaches?
for Grade 3 concert band
how many heartaches? is based on Johann Sebastian Bach’s chorale harmonization of the Lutheran hymn “Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid” (Oh God, how much heartache). The work arises out of the despair many feel as we see daily news of gun violence, the treatment of migrants, the destruction of our environment, and injustice towards vulnerable communities.
In video conversations with the students of the South View Middle School Bands, they talked maturely, openly, and honestly about the emotions that inspired this piece, and connected it with their own lived experiences of loss and sadness. However, they insisted that hope and comfort always comes to ease that pain.
This piece was commissioned by the South View Middle School Bands.
In video conversations with the students of the South View Middle School Bands, they talked maturely, openly, and honestly about the emotions that inspired this piece, and connected it with their own lived experiences of loss and sadness. However, they insisted that hope and comfort always comes to ease that pain.
This piece was commissioned by the South View Middle School Bands.