This work was commissioned by the Turnau Music Association – Kapellmeister Erwin Hofer – in 2018 to mark the 750th anniversary of Turnau. A key requirement was to incorporate the Archduke Johann Lied into the composition. Par force horns and a choir were also to be used at the premiere in Turnau (neither of which is obligatory for further performances). According to the occasion, the composition starts with fanfare sounds; as the composition progresses, the Archduke Johann song appears in differ...