The young German composer Thiemo Kraas (*1984) wrote “Arcus” to describe the natural phenomenon of a rainbow. In a short daydream a little boy goes on an adventurous trip on the rainbow with his self-built sleigh. The music is as rich in color as the rainbow itself. Romanticism merges with jazz and influences of funk music, flowing into each other like the rainbow’s spectral array. The composition is a fantasy, at times told rapidly. We enter a short, exciting daydream, which makes this unique phenomenon tangible and life-like…
Thiemo Kraas composed “Arcus” for the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Musikverein Avenwedde-Gütersloh and its director Elmar Westerbarkey.
A Daydream - Ein Tagtraum Fantasy for Concert Band
The young German composer Thiemo Kraas (*1984) wrote “Arcus” to describe the natural phenomenon of a rainbow. In a short daydream a little boy goes on an adventurous trip on the rainbow with his self-built sleigh. The music is as rich in color as the rainbow itself. Romanticism merges with jazz and influences of funk music, flowing into each other like the rainbow’s spectral array. The composition is a fantasy, at times told rapidly. We enter a short, exciting daydream, which makes this unique phenomenon tangible and life-like…
Thiemo Kraas composed “Arcus” for the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Musikverein Avenwedde-Gütersloh and its director Elmar Westerbarkey.