11th May, 2020 – The Waltz
Episode description
Hello from Suffolk, England.
Sit back and enjoy five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. With a poem by Lord Byron, The Waltz.
"Waltz—Waltz alone—both legs and arms demands,
Liberal of feet, and lavish of her hands..."
From the show:
The arrival of the waltz in England
The assassination of the Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval
Byron on the public scandal of the waltz
Music to wake you up – I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair by George Jones
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