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David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast

Episode 1: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast

Global

Music, Kids & Family, Education

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: You might well have heard of Mozart – but did you know he had a really rude sense of humour? Or that he owned a pet starling? In the first episode, David meets one of the most famous composers of all time… and has a bit of a run in with a music professor. Each episode is also accompanied by a playlist in Apple Music – you can find those here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/curator/classic-fm/1211395150 Music from: Mozart: The Magic Flute – Bayerischen Staatsoper/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Warner); Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro – Collegium Vocale Gent, Concerto Köln/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi); Mozart: Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’ – Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner (Warner); Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 – Murray Perahia, English Chamber Orchestra (Sony); Mozart: Clarinet Concerto – Martin Fröst, Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Peter Oundjian (BIS); Mozart: Eine kleine nachtmusik – Camerata Nordica/Terje Tønnesen (BIS); Mozart: Piano Sonata No.11 ‘Alla turca’ – Fazil Say (Warner); Wagner: Wedding March from Lohengrin – Bayreuth Festival/Andris Nelsons (Opus Arte); Mozart: La finta semplice – Jeremy Ovenden, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Jonathan Cohen (Signum Classics); Mozart: Don Giovanni – MusicAeterna/Teodor Currentzis (Sony); Allegri: Miserere – Tenebrae/Nigel Short (Signum); Mozart: Requiem – Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a global original podcast from Classic FM.

0:06.5

Hello, I'm Professor Robert Yawning, and welcome to a very serious and boring classical music podcast.

0:16.9

Today, I will be droning on about Mozart, one of the most famous composers in history.

0:25.2

So, make yourself comfortable as I tell you all about his life over the next 126 hours.

0:37.4

It's me. Oh, who are you? David Williams. and 26 hours.

0:38.8

It's me.

0:40.3

Oh, who are you?

0:43.7

David Walliams, children's author, talent show judge,

0:48.5

and Britain's best-love TV personality with the surname Walliams. And I'm here to host the Classic FM podcast.

0:52.2

So jog on.

0:53.8

But I thought I was hosting this show.

0:59.9

Sorry, just fell asleep listening to you there.

1:03.1

You make classical music sound boring, but it's actually fun and cool, or peng, as us youths like to say.

1:11.8

Now, go on, go.

1:13.0

We've got a fun podcast to do.

1:15.1

Russian, yeah, born.

1:19.5

By the way, you suck.

1:21.6

Simon Cowell rules.

1:23.2

Yeah, that showed him.

1:25.5

Rude.

1:26.5

Okay, everyone, let's get started

1:28.8

with some wild, silly and crazy stories about music.

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