The Big Water

"The Big Water" was composed in memory of the great flood of 2002 that swallowed a large part of the Upper-Austrian city of Saxen. The river Donau burst its banks, destroyed houses, and caused many casualties. It left chaos and unimaginable damage, but raised great solidarity among its inhabitants during the reconstruction. In this new piece Fritz Neuböck tries to express these events and feelings musically.
Intro – Bar 12: rural idyll – Bar 46: busy life along the riverside – Bar 76: the thunder begins – Bar 100: the catastrophe expands – Bar119: the dam breaks – Bar 123: the calm after the storm – Bar 139: the reconstruction.