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Composer of the Week: Tchaikovsky: 3: 1877-78

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This week Donald Macleod examines five significant periods in the life and work of Tchaikovsky.
Tchaikovsky embarks on a disastrous marriage, imagination and illusion colour his relationship with his patroness, and he enjoys a holiday near Lake Geneva.

Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin)
Galina Gorchakova (soprano), Kirov Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev
Scherzo: Melodie (Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher)
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Marina Gusak-Grin (piano)
Symphony No 4 in F minor (1st mvt)
Leningrad Philharmonic, conductor Yevgeni Mravinsky
Violin Concerto in D (3rd mvt)
Maxim Vengerov, Berlin Philharmonic conductor Claudio Abbado

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Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Source: Radio Times

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