Title	Jahrtausendwende
Article no.	4092529
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert music
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Austria (at)
Publisher *	Helma Musikverlag
Composer	Hausl, Johann
Difficulty level	5
Evaluation level of countries	EJ
Additional info/contents	The work refers to THE millennium event. Looking back on the past millennium, musical styles are juxtaposed and mixed, and looking forward to the next millennium, questions are left open that no one can answer anyway.
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Programme notes *: The composition is divided into four parts: The first part is a fast 4/4 time which is torn apart with many syncopations and embellished by unison figures in the woodwind parts. After an introduction, the main motif is heard, which, like the prospect of the next millennium, leaves all questions open. At this point, a melody follows, accompanied by a Latin American rhythm. These bars are replaced by syncopated brass sounds which, together with unison woodwinds, find a resting point. This is followed by a slow section that reaches its climax in the maestoso and then subsides again in chamber music form with solo interventions by various instruments. The following section of the composition is notated in 3/4 time, the melody could belong to a waltz, but the accompanying rhythm and the harmonic sequence of the chords are unusual for a waltz. Different styles work together in contrast in all parts of the composition: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Latin American music. This interplay is intended to represent the musical retrospective of the millennium that is coming to an end - a constant development of music up to the present day. In the last part, after a short introduction, the main motif is heard again, which, as an outlook into the next millennium, is continued in a completely different way than in the first part - who knows what the future will be like? After an intermediate section, which is intended to emphasise this question, the main motif is heard again, this time continued differently. Since the continuation of the main motif is different each time, the question remains open until the end: what will happen next? Even the composer cannot answer this question; he would need clairvoyant abilities to do so. That is why he gives his composition a short ending and wishes everyone who plays or listens to this composition that they can experience especially much of the future themselves.

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