Join David Walliams as he goes on a marvellous musical journey of discovery and meets some of the most famous names from the history of music – from Ludwig ‘Grumpy’ van Beethoven to 19th-century rock star Franz Liszt.
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Join David Walliams as he goes on a marvellous musical journey of discovery and meets some of the most famous names from the history of music – from Ludwig ‘Grumpy’ van Beethoven to 19th-century rock star Franz Liszt.
From a helicopter quartet to a vegetable orchestra, prepare to have your idea of what an ‘instrument’ can be blown wide open. David Walliams explores some of the most fantastical, needlessly complex and sometimes tasty musical instruments that human beings have ever created. 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
Viola Organista performed by S?awomir Zubrzycki
The Vegetable Orchestra
John Cage: Variations I – Langham Research Centre
Leroy Anderson: The Typewriter – Richard Hayman Orchestra/Richard Hayman
Verdi: ‘Anvil Chorus’ from Il trovatore – Orchestra e coro del teatro alla scala/Riccardo Muti
Mahler: Symphony No.6 – Minnestora Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä (BIS)
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (Classic FM)
Ligeti: Poème Symphonique for 100 Metronomes – Françoise Terrioux (Sony)
Leopold Mozart: Cassation in G ‘Toy Symphony’
Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus – Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Leif Segerstam
Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy on glass harmonica – William Zeitler
David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast
Join David Walliams as he goes on a marvellous musical journey of discovery and meets some of the most famous names from the history of music – from Ludwig ‘Grumpy’ van Beethoven to 19th-century rock star Franz Liszt.