Euro Swing Parade

This swinging tour of Europe is a musical greeting to those countries that adopted the euro as their common currency on 1 January 2002. After the introduction, references to the European anthem come first. Then melody fragments from the following countries are strung together: France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Finland, Austria and finally Germany with an equally swinging "Muss I denn". Don't worry, you won't be checked for how many or which topics you really know! It's all very simple, because it won't be difficult to link the individual melody fragments to a particular country. The composer has cleverly selected typical themes that also reveal something of the essence of the musically portrayed country or people. So: listen carefully. Finally, towards the end of the piece, things get really mixed up again - as sometimes in the European Parliament: "Tumultoso" is written here in the score. But don't worry, even if again well-known melody fragments come up, our swinging Euro-Tour comes to a peaceful end.