Mozart’s wonderful and mysterious music to his opera “The Magic Flute” (Die Zauberflöte) is well-known the world over. The story, often connected with Freemasonry, was to become Mozart’s last opera, composed in 1791.

The music is typically Mozartian: simple, elegant and witty. Carion has chosen three pieces from the opera that has been arranged for wind quintet by their horn player, David M.A.P. Palmquist. The tradition of arranging music for wind ensembles goes back to Mozart’s own time, where the big wind ensembles, the Harmonie Musik, was to be found at every court in Europe. Many of Mozart’s operas were thus transcribed already in his own time. He wrote several original pieces for wind ensemble himself, but did not write these transcriptions of his operas.

Carion has followed this tradition and chosen three popular pieces from the opera, that will fit any program. Either as a little suite, as single pieces or as an encore.

The three pieces are “Pa-pa-pa”, “Marsch der Priester” and “Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja”. For a special scenic performance a la the opera, the piccolo flute player can be “hidden” backstage for the “Vogelfänger”.

Mozarts vidunderlige og mystiske musik til ”Tryllefløjten” (Die Zauberflöte) er kendt verden over. Historien, der ofte forbindes med Frimureriet, blev Mozarts sidste opera, komponeret i dødsåret 1791.

Musikken er typisk for Mozart; enkel, elegant og lystig. Carion har udvalgt tre stykker fra operaen, som er bleven arrangeret for blæserkvintet af deres egen hornist, David M.A.P. Palmquist. Traditionen med at arrangere musik for blæserensembler går faktisk tilbage til Mozarts tid, hvor der fandtes større blæserensembler ved de fleste hoffer i Europa. Og mange af Mozarts operaer blev allerede i hans egen tid omskrevet til disse ensembler. Mozart selv skrev flere originale værker for blæserensembler, men bearbejdede ikke sine egne operaer.

Carion har fulgt op på traditionen og udvalgt tre populære stykker fra operaen, som vil passe i ethvert program. Enten som en lille suite, som enkeltstående satser eller som ekstranumre.

De tre stykker er ”Pa-pa-pa”, ”Marsch der Priester” samt ”Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja”. For en scenisk fremtræden a la operaen, kan piccolofløjten ”gemmes” backstage i ”Der Vogelfänger”.

This edition is scored for Wind Quintet:

Flute & Piccolo
Oboe
Clarinet in Bb
Horn in F
Bassoon