Episode 2: The Liszt Factor

David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast

Global

Music, Kids & Family, Education

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Franz Liszt was music’s first true rock star, baby. Join David Walliams as he enrols in Liszt’s school of cool, and discovers what it really means to rock, old school. 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: Liszt: La Campanella – Ji Liu (Classic FM); Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 – Georges Cziffra (Warner); Liszt: Liebesträum – Ji Liu (Classic FM); Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No.1 – Leif Ove Andsnes (Warner); Liszt: Transcendental Studies – Yevgeny Sudbin (BIS); Liszt: Totentanz – Louis Lortie, Residentie Orchestra The Hague/George Pehlivanian (Chandos); Liszt: Un sospiro – Leslie Howard (Hyperion)

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0:00.0	This is a global original podcast from Classic FM.
0:12.4	When you think of rock stars, you probably think of Mick Jagger, or Debbie Harry,
0:19.3	or my favourite rocker Alvin from Alvin in the Chipmots.
0:23.8	But these old farts were late to the party.
0:27.2	The first true rock star smashed his way onto the scene hundreds of years before Debbie Harry was born.
0:34.0	And hundreds of years before...
0:36.1	Hang on, wait, how old is Mick Jagger?
0:38.3	Was he born in 1811 now?
0:40.9	He looks like it.
0:42.1	Anyway, what's the name of this original rock legend?
0:45.9	It's List.
0:47.4	Franz List.
0:48.8	The So, what was life like back in 1811?
1:05.8	Well, let me tell you, it was pretty rock and roll.
1:14.5	Yeah. Let me tell you, it was pretty rock and roll. Morning.
1:16.8	Morning.
1:17.9	Morning. How are you?
1:20.1	Bored. How are you?
1:22.8	I am also bored.
1:25.4	Yep. Well, it's 1811.
1:28.7	I haven't even invented Fortnite yet.
1:31.6	Yep.
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