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Title	Vita aeterna variations - Variations and fugue on an original theme
Article no.	4101497
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Original contemporary music (20th, 21st century)
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Belgium (be)
Publisher *	Opus33-Music
Publisher's article no. *	HaFaBra
Composer	Comitas, Alexander
Opus no.	Op.62/2b
Duration	20:00
Additional info/contents	The version for wind band was commissioned by Thomas Haas and Rainer Fitsch and has been dedicated to Thomas Ludescher. Introduction and Theme. Adagio Variation I. Allegro energico Variation II. Tempo di valse in modo subdolo Variation III. Allegro tempestuoso Variation IV. Largo Variation V. Adagio Variation VI. Tempo di marcia Finale: Fugue Apotheosis. Allegro vivace
Video sample *
Available	yes

Programme notes *: In 2007, Pim van Lommel´s scientific research on near death experiences Eindeloos Bewustzijn (Consciousness Beyond Life) was published. The book gives strong evidence for the assumption that life don't end with death and human beings indeed do have a soul that lives on eternally, as all religions claim. I was intrigued by the subject and started reading books that attempt to describe life 'on the other side´, like Life in the World Unseen and A Wanderer in the Spirit World. In 2010 I was commissioned to write a piece for the Koninklijke Fanfare 'Sint Caecilia´, from the Dutch town Puth, to commemorate one of its members, the recently deceased young euphonium player Jeffrey Lindelauf. As coincidence would have it, Jeffrey´s parents asked me to express the viewpoint that life goes on after death in the composition, and they proposed that Vita Aeterna (Eternal Life) would be an appropriate title. I had the feeling that the lyrical theme of this piece would sound very well for Brass Band, so I decided to use it as a starting point. Not only do I use this musical theme from the previous piece, I also wanted to elaborate a bit more on the subject of ongoing life, now combined with what in Hinduism and Buddhism is called Karma. As a result, the Vita Aeterna Variations have the sort of rudimentary 'program´ that many composers from the past have wisely kept to themselves. Here it is: Introduction and Theme. Adagio, Tentative beginning of Life. Quelle/Source: Alexander Comitas

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