The first movement, which bears the same name as the entire piece, was composed for Yannik Helm’s last wind orchestra project, where it also premiered. The concert featured compositions by composers who were born or lived in Fulda, and I was invited to be a part of it, which gave me the motivation to write this piece. At the time, I had abstract images and stories of some garden fauna in my head, especially that of a blackbird (“Amsel” in German), which I set to music as usual. Unlike what often happens in works about birds, however, in “Amsel” you don’t observe a bird from an outsider’s point of view, but rather adopt its perspective. So while composing, I found myself in a monumental world with dangers, feelings and thoughts from the experiences of this little bird.