'Hark A Minor Herald Angel Swings' by Paul Ayres

I absolutely love this variation on 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' by ‪@paulayres‬ . I can't explain it any better than he does himself.. 'When I first played around with ideas for this piece, I called it "Hark! the herald angels swing" - then I discovered that this title (and other similar ones) had, unsurprisingly, already been taken! Needing a title that wouldn't lead to confusion with other arrangements, I settled on "Hark! a minor herald angel swings" which, as well as usefully referencing the key of A minor, led to this imaginary scenario: while the major angelic host, and all their celestial consort, are busy with their official duties of singing "Glory to the new-born King" to the shepherds out in the fields, maybe a junior (a minor) heavenly employee went AWOL and found a pub with a piano in a backstreet in Bethlehem, and proceeded to entertain the locals with another rendition of the same carol.' If you'd like to know more about Paul and see some of his other arrangements, do have a look at his website! https://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue...