Wednesday 1 November 2006

"OLD COMPOSERS NEVER DIE..."

"...THEY JUST GET RE-ARRANGED!"

Searching the internet for recordings of The Magic Flute (as requested by a friend for whom it is to be a Christmas present), I came across the following somewhat surprising listing:

Mozart:
The Magic Flute

performed by
London Philharmonic Orchestra,

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir,
Charles Mackerras

and
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!


It's really reassuring to know that 'Wolfie' is still merrily music-making after all these years!


For other fun stuff on WAM, stop by the The Mozart Cafe.

[Images: 'Mozart as a Child' cartoon by Reynolds; newspaper article (with cartoon by Hector Breeze) from The Guardian, 12 January 1998. Blog title and opening line by David Weeks.]

3 comments:

Brian Sibley said...

Scrooge commented:

If Mozart is not dead, he must be at least be de-composing !

Anonymous said...

Ha! Rimshot.

Well done, Scrooge.

Anonymous said...

Gosh that last post is funny ! I don't think I can add anything else ! By the stale smell of burning pumpkin, I wish you all a happy All Saints Day !