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Music Feature: Tchaikovsky's 1812: A Dishonest Overture?

Tchaikovsky's 1812: A Dishonest Overture?

01/12/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Music Feature, Tchaikovsky's 1812: A Dishonest Overture?

James Jolly on hidden depths and historical inaccuracies in Tchaikovsky's composition.

James Jolly explores Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, and the hidden depths to this famous crowd-pleaser, which plays fast and loose with history.

September 7th, 1812. Near the village of Borodino, just 30 miles from Moscow, the forces of Tsarist Russia face the might of Napoleon's grande armée. James Jolly explores Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, written to commemorate this battle, and discovers hidden depths in this famous crowd-pleaser, which plays fast and loose with historical fact. With contributions from historian Orlando Figes, Russian music expert Geoffrey Norris, and conductors Andrew Litton and Vasily Petrenko.

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