Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE Ouvertüre, Takt 117 - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Dr Takt is our man behind the score. He is very familiar with the work and reveals to us its special moments. This time:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: THE MAGIC FLUTE Overture, meter 117
This is the 9th episode in our series of videos with Dr Takt
General rests are incursions of tranquillity in the music. Their absence of sound opens up the ears to the sounds that precede and follow them, and create windows of hearing for the sonority that surrounds us at all times, from the rushing of one's own circulation to the roaring of the world. General pauses, or the simultaneous pause of all sounds, are incredibly rare in Mozart's music, such as in the MAGIC FLUTE Overture. After a slow intro, Mozart combines a sonata movement and fugue into an effervescent allegro. Its middle segment is a masterpiece of contrapuntal processing of the individual motifs. Mozart uses various keys to modulate and build up tension, but before the fugue sets in once more he adds a paused rhythm. There is no fermata over it, the pulse of the music continues – yet the instruments are suddenly muted.
