The Prélude in particular achieved great fame as it is used as the Eurovision melody. Written especially for festive occasions, the music is structured into a rondeau that is played three times and is framed by two intermediate parts - the so-called "couplets".This arrangement by Thiemo Kraas remains very close to the original, but by distributing the three themes among different instruments creates a very colourful version of this classic for brass quintet(English)
