The [Uncertain] Spring (worldpremière)

The [Uncertain] Spring was composed as a commission of the European Union Youth Orchestra for their 50th anniversary and funded by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation. 

The composition echoes Vivaldi’s Spring from the Four Seasons, departing from Vivaldi and the computational result of the climatological forecasts for Strassbourg in the future that were applied on the music.
The first movement can be clearly heard as an echo of Vivaldi where only the essentials are left. The second movement reflects on a Japanese traditional “Sakura Sakura” as a distortion of the beauty of spring in a future where it even isn’t certain the seasons will still exist in the same way as they used to. 
The last movement places a constant A under the orchestra, representing humanity and its inclination of imposing its will on the environment. The orchestra starts to change around this A thus making it gradually out of tune and eventually completely devoured by the orchestra.