Cacophony

English folk music is often typically nostalgic and melancholy. Cacophony goes in search of happiness with Malcolm Arnold's English Dances - pretty, witty and bright! Listening time 24 mins (podcast 6', music 18') Music here, played by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Penny on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Music (tracks 1-8 English Dances Set 1 op.27 and Set 2, op.33) and Amazon (tracks 1-8). You can buy a whole cd (also including the other 'national'(and Cornish!) dances as a high quality download here The Dvořák Slavonic Dances talked about in this episode were covered previously on Cacophony. What do you think? Tell me with a comment at Cacophonyonline.com! I'd love to hear from you!   If you’d like to support Cacophony there are easy, great, ways:   – help with the costs of running it (and me) with a one-off contribution  or with a regular payment at ko-fi.com: https://ko-fi.com/cacophonyonline   – share this episode with someone you know   – share the 100 second trailer: http://cacophonyon