Chorale Prelude (The Magic Flute)

Details

Chorale Prelude “Der, welcher wandert diese Strasse voll Beschwerden” (Whomever walks along this path so full of troubles) from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged for two pianos by Greg Anderson / Full score / Difficulty: Advanced / Duration: 4 minutes / Pages: 5 / Copyright: 2013 / Work number: 070 / Appears on the album An Amadeus Affair / Spotify / Apple Music

Notes

This chorale prelude (“Der, welcher wandert diese Strasse voll Beschwerden”) from Die Zauberflöte showcases a sober side to humanity (as well as Mozart's Masonic leanings), in which guards warn the enlightenment-seeking protagonist Tamino of the trials he must overcome to attain his goal and reunite with his true love Pamina. 

In this piece, we pay our respects to an artist whose transcriptions laid the groundwork for many of our own arrangements; the prelude is a direct homage to Busoni’s divine piano transcriptions of Bach’s Chorale Preludes. 

— Greg Anderson