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Radio 3,21 mins

Discovering Music: Ravel's La Valse

Ravel Day

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Stephen Johnson explores the roots of the waltz - from rustic German dances, to sinister, dizzy treatments by Schumann and Mahler - before looking in-depth at "La Valse" by Maurice Ravel

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