Robert Paterson | Works: Joy Ride

Joy Ride (2011)
for solo piano

Duration: 3'00"
Instrumentation: solo piano

Written for the International Beethoven Project's First Beethoven Festival
World Premiere: First Beethoven Festival, Chicago Urban Art Society, Bagatelle Project Concert, Winston Choi, piano, September 18, 2011.
Publisher: Robert Paterson Music (ASCAP)

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Program Notes

Joy Ride is inspired by the Ode to Joy theme from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. It was written with a joyous spirit in mind, but it also has a gloomy middle section inspired by the usual meaning of the phrase ‘joy ride’ that refers to taking a fast, dangerous ride in a stolen vehicle.

Joy Ride was written for the International Beethoven Project's First Beethoven Festival.

– Robert Paterson