Virtuoso Voices™ - Jonathan Biss (Grab My Knee)  0:26
July 2009 CD 


[Use this clip to enhance your introduction to Jonathan Biss playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467 (New...EMI Classics 17270).]


SUGGESTED HOST INTRO

Its subtitle is the "Elvira Madigan" Concerto, thanks to its presence in the obscure 1967 Swedish film by the same name.  But Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 is actually better known for soothing us while we're on hold - waiting for customer service, or as the sound track in hotel lobbies and elevators...and for its exquisite slow movement.


CLIP TRANSCRIPT

"I don't find that my exposure to it has reduced my capacity to be taken with it, to be taken up by it.  I know, I usually have to just sort of you know, grab my knee when I'm sitting there, you know?  Because it's quite overwhelming music and I think it's remarkable testament to its power and its sheer quality that it has survived its bastardization in the movies and in the elevators and all kinds of awful commercials."


SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO

Jonathan Biss, both lamenting and celebrating the Second Movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21.  The Concerto's First movement stands out as well, especially with the unconventional "late" entrance of the piano.  Jonathan Biss is the soloist with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.




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