Product Description
This intermediate/ advanced arrangement of Joy to the World intersperses original melody with the classic Christmas hymn. It is meant to set the scene of a dark, anxious, and weary world desperate for the arrival of a Savior. The original melody builds from sadness to hope, and at that moment the beautiful chords of "Joy to the World" begin, like the light of Christ's arrival breaking onto a dreary world.
To me, "Joy to the World" perfectly reflects both the sentiments of Christ's birth AND His second coming - I wanted this arrangement to be relevant to people now. So many of us are desperate for the saving, the peace, and the healing that only He can give. The world feels dark and scary, represented by music mixed throughout the piece, but Christ's coming truly brings joy to the world - magnificent, majestic, and genuine joy. It did then, it does now, and it will in the future.
This arrangement combines a sense of the world's darkness with the sense of Christ's triumph. It is complex and majestic in parts, but sweet and simple in others. And after a grandiose climax, the simple ending is meant to bring us back to where it all began - in the humble setting of a stable in Bethlehem.
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