I had always enjoyed listening to Mozart ever since I was little (Did you know he composed the melody for ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star?’) but it was not until
I read the play ‘Amadeus’ and then saw the film version back in the mid 1980s that I was alerted to his true genius.
The product of a bizarre musical upbringing coupled with traveling and performing across Europe, Mozart was indeed a troubled individual and his untimely death was a genuine loss as I am certain his music could only ever have improved with age.
‘The Magic Flute’, which is work containing many mystical symbols and ‘veiled in allegory’ is one of my personal favourites from Mozart’s Operas and I have found myself listening to it again on the tube in recent days on my to work! This song sung by Papageno the Bird Catcher is one of the highlights of the opera and if you are unfamiliar with the work provides a suitable introduction…
Now listen to the song….
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