Ouverture 2000

1 Condensed Score - 1 Piccolo - 8 Flute - 2 Oboe - 2 Bassoon - 1 Clarinet Eb - 5 Clarinet I - 5 Clarinet II - 5 Clarinet III - 1 Alto Clarinet Eb - 1 Bass Clarinet - 1 Soprano Saxophone - 4 Alto Saxophone - 2 Tenor Saxophone - 1 Baritone Saxophone - 1 Flugelhorn Eb - 2 Flugelhorn I - 2 Flugelhorn II - 1 Flugelhorn III - 3 Trumpet I - 3 Trumpet II - 3 Trumpet III - 2 Horn I + III Eb - 2 Horn I + III F - 2 Horn II + IV Eb - 2 Horn II + IV F - 2 Trombone I C - 1 Trombone I Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone I Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone II C - 1 Trombone II Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone II Bb (BC) - 2 Trombone III C - 1 Trombone III Bb (TC) - 1 Trombone III Bb (BC) - 2 Baritone C - 2 Baritone Bb (BC) - 2 Baritone Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (TC) - 2 Bas Bb (BC) - 2 Bas Eb (TC) - 2 Bas Eb (BC) - 4 Tuba C - 1 Stringbass - 2 Drums I - 2 Drums II - 1 Timpani

The number 2000 - to begin with - stands for the magic year, that is drawing near so swiftly. Another fact represented by this number is that this overture makes the two thousandth work published by MOLENAARS MUZIEKCENTRALE since its foundation in 1933. 'Ouverture 2000' was written to commemorate this occasion and it is dedicated to the Molenaar family.The music displays a pithy, festive and dynamic character.The opening fanfare is succeeded by a fast and virtuoso movement in which a 'pull-out of all stops' of the various windband registers can be heard.