2/2. Admired for" his remarkable talents" by the likes of Marie Antoinette and Haydn, the Bohemian Jan Ladislav Dussek knew Bach's sons and Napoleon, was implicated in a plot against Catherine the Great of Russia and fled the French
Revolution for England, where he became an important player in the development of the early Romantic piano repertoire. Loyd Grossman visits Dussek's house in Soho, where the memorabilia records some of the salacious stories of his life and vividly captures the spirit of his age. Producer Kate Bolton