Fritz Neuböck sees as a great danger for the progress in the field of brass music a "blinkered thinking" which is widespread in many places and which is not able to detach itself from "dusty structures". He himself formulates his concern as follows: "Preserving tradition does not mean guarding the ashes, but carrying on the fire.

In "Another Opening" Neuböck uses entertaining dance-rhythmic means as we know them for example from Klaus-Peter Bruchmann. The orchestra is an excellent source of m...