Composer of the Week - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Donald Macleod takes a series of snapshots of a period that lay at the centre of Tchaikovsky's creative life, from 1876 to 1890
Composer of the Week - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Episode 1
Donald Macleod explores music written and performed in 1876, the year before Tchaikovsky's short and catastrophic marriage. With Swan Lake (excerpt); String Quartet No 3 (excerpt).
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Composer of the Week - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Episode 2
Donald Macleod explores 1877, the year of Tchaikovsky's disastrous marriage, in which he also produced Eugene Onegin and Symphony No 4.
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Composer of the Week - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Episode 3
Donald Macleod explores 1878, which was a happier year for Tchaikovsky after leaving his job at the Moscow Conservatoire.
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Composer of the Week - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Episode 4
Donald Macleod considers how the 1880s began for Tchaikovsky, with his 1812 Overture, but also with more refined masterpieces.
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Composer of the Week - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Episode 5
Donald Macleod explores 1891 which, for Tchaikovsky, saw the premiere of Sleeping Beauty as well as the completion of Queen of Spades.
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