De temps à autre il arrive qu?on ressente des papillons dans l?estomac. Chacun connaît cette sensation grisante qui naît de l?émotion du sentiment amoureux. C?est ainsi que Butterfly Overture développe une mélodie délicieusement romantique. Mais le papillon se révèle également imprévisible il volette joyeusement libre d?aller où il veut. La flûte introduit alors un thème virevoltant qui chemine sous la forme de variations à travers l?ensemble des pupitres de la formation. Et la chenille devient papillon?

Everybody is familiar with the zoo. Remember all those animals? Big ones small ones. Water dwellers air-bound birds long legged hoppers creeping bugs. All animals seem to have their own peculiarities. Now Carl Wittrock (who also composed the world-famous master piece 'Lord Tullamore') invites you to join him in a musical exploration of the animal kingdom. An invitation you must not reject! In his 'A view at the Zoo' Wittrock presents ten distinctly different animals as compositions of music. You may be familiar with some of those animals such as the white swan or the butterfly but there are also more exotic breeds like the lion the monkey or theelephant. The composition as a whole is built around a structure of shorter fragments reminiscent of 'The Paintings Exhibition' by Moussorgsky. The parts are decorated with recognizable illustrations of the different animals. At each composition Wittrock looks for something that can fascinate both musicians and listeners. In this he succeeded extremely well.