Zdenek Lukaš (1928-2007) has already composed over 300 opuses including symphonies, stage music and vocal pieces. He has arrived at a personally-expressive style stemming from the Czech musical thinking and especially folk music but also enriched with carefully selected elements of 20th century music. In the field of wind music, Lukaš has been praised particularly for his monumental „Sinfonia brevis" which had been selected as compulsory composition at the World Festival of Wind Bands (WMC = World Music Contest) at Kerkrade in the Netherlands in 1997.
In Metamorphoses" Lukaš stylistically follows authentic folklore and develops simple melodic lines to become most artful sonorous structures. A feature which also holds true for many other works by the composer. This effective piece opens with a trumpet solo and some sections are kind ov governed by the sonorous timbre of the narrow bore brass. This makes "Metamorphoses" sound all bright and festive.