A Musical Memory by JOHN F. RUSSELL and Moses BARITZ
Presented by STANFORD ROBINSON with THE B B C MEN'S CHORUS
THE B B C THEATRE ORCHESTRA
Leader, Montague Brearley and Frances Clare
Mary O'Farrell
Andrew Churchman
Dimitri Vetter
In August, 1867, Johann Strauss , the Waltz King, then at the height of his European reputation, paid his first visit to London. The visit of the great Herr Strauss , Kaiserlich-Königlich —Hofballmusikdirektor to His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, was made at the direct instigation of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.