Is it the end!?, 8`

WIND BAND

About the work: "Is it the end?" was commissioned by the Symphonic Wind Orchestra of the Musik & Kunstschule Velbert. The conductor, Alexander Ruffing, wanted a composition to fit the theme of the concert programme, climate change and sustainability. Thus "Is it the end?" deals with the topic of the human race's will to survive on planet earth. In special regard to the way people deal with their planet earth, which currently still ensures survival. However, since not all people, especially the governments of the countries of the world, show the necessary will for a long overdue change in environmental policy, the composition as a whole rather shows a gloomy overview of the whence and whither of the human race and sees itself as a basis for discussion.

Suggestion for performance: The nature imitations with the bird themes at the beginning and end of the work should be performed by musicians who have a seat in the audience. When you start playing your bird themes, stand up and start walking around - preferably through the rows of chairs in the audience. Towards the end of the part to be played, the musicians sit down again in their seats in the audience - in the best case, they have now swapped places. At the end of the piece, the same thing happens and the musicians sit back in their places as they did at the beginning of the performance.