Run (Rock Ballad) Leona Lewis / Arr. Martin Scharnagl

Run is a cover version of a song by the British band Snow Patrol. Run is a passionate rock ballad sung by Leona Lewis for the person who is the only right thing in everything I've done. Perhaps this person is Leona's boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa, the electrician she has known since she was eleven years old. In the chorus, Leona sings: Light up, light up / As if you have a choice / Even if you cannot hear my voice / I'll be right beside you, dear. These words could almost be those of Leona's friend. Louder, louder / And we'll run for our lives. ... RUN

The arrangement of Run for concert band by Martin Scharnagl casts Leona Lewis's emotional ballad in a new light. He succeeds in preserving the emotional depth of the original while fully exploiting the tonal richness of a wind orchestra.

Series Sound Classics No. 46