Charles Hazlewood travels to Moscow and St Petersburg in search of Tchaikovsky, a composer whose musical standing has suffered due to his reputation as a hypersensitive neurotic. Hazlewood conducts some of Russia's finest young musicians in excerpts from Tchaikovsky's best-known works, while Ed Stoppard plays the composer in scenes from his life based on letters and diaries, showing a man tormented by his sexuality and his disastrous marriage.
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Fortune And Tragedy
Obsessed by the idea of fate, Tchaikovsky's life turned into a desperate battle to become the kind of composer he wanted to be. Charles Hazlewood continues his Russian odyssey w ...
08-08-2023
BBC 4
The Creation Of Greatness
Charles Hazlewood travels to Moscow and St Petersburg in search of Tchaikovsky, a composer whose musical standing has suffered due to his reputation as a hypersensitive neurotic ...
06-08-2023
BBC 4
Fortune And Tragedy
Obsessed by the idea of fate, Tchaikovsky's life turned into a desperate battle to become the kind of composer he wanted to be. Charles Hazlewood continues his Russian odyssey w ...
08-08-2023
BBC 4
The Creation Of Greatness
Charles Hazlewood travels to Moscow and St Petersburg in search of Tchaikovsky, a composer whose musical standing has suffered due to his reputation as a hypersensitive neurotic ...
06-08-2023
BBC 4