Piece Description

Some people use "pick up" lines to meet attractive strangers. Franz Liszt used "pick up" music. Hear conductor Andrew Litton talk about the testosterone effect of Liszt's Piano Concerto No.1. Use this clip to enhance your introduction of the Litton and Andre Watts' performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Franz Liszt (Telarc 80429).

SUGGESTED HOST INTRO
You've heard of the term, "pick up line," those either clever or horribly cliched phrases used to start up a conversation with an attractive stranger? Composer and Pianist Franz Liszt did not need a single word to attract his female admirers. Conductor Andrew Litton says Liszt used "pick up music" instead.

CLIP TRANSCRIPT
"I think that's part of how Liszt, you know, got the ladies. You know, he was such a ladies' man. They would swoon in the aisles. It wasn't just the technique of the virtuosity of the passage work, it was the fact that he could spin out these beautiful melodies and wonderful harmonic support that, you know, just makes the package complete really. And you can tell that he was a real lady slayer, you know, in his day (laugh) with music like this, how could they not, you know, swoon. But with these concertos, both of them, the first and second, but in this especially, the First concerto, we are left with high testosterone music, (laugh) if you don't mind me saying so (laugh)."

SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO
Conductor Andrew Litton talking about Franz Liszt and the music we're about to hear. This is the Piano Concerto Number 1 with pianist Andre Watts and Andrew Litton conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

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