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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Composer of the Week: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Episode 1: From Clerk to Composer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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Episode 1: From Clerk to Composer

From Clerk to Composer

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), From Clerk to Composer

Donald Macleod looks at Tchaikovsky's student years.

Donald Macleod looks at Tchaikovsky's student years, then follows him to Moscow where he finds a new job and fall in love. 1/5.

Donald Macleod begins a week of programmes exploring the life and work of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky played a crucial role in the creation of a new, national musical tradition in his homeland; eventually becoming Russia's greatest musical export and one of the most popular composers of the Romantic era.

Despite his obvious musical talents, Tchaikovsky decided to pursue a career in law. In this first programme, Donald Macleod tells how the young government clerk eventually overcame his doubts and became a student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Donald then follows him to Moscow, where Tchaikovsky took on a new teaching job and his first significant love affair.

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Entr'acte and Waltz
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
BIS SACD-1468, CD1 tk10

Tchaikovsky: My genius, my angel
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano
Ljuba Orfenova, piano
Naxos, 8555371, CD1 tk2

Tchaikovsky: Piano Sonata in C# minor Op.80, II. Andante
Leslie Howard, piano
Helios, CDH55215, CD1 tk3

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon, 4779355, CD1 tk3

Tchaikovsky: Voyevoda, Act III: "Get them! Let's go into the house Maryal!" - "Glory, glory to the Russian heart!"
The Academic Big Choir of Central Television and All-Union-Radio
USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kozhukhar, conductor
Melodiya
MEL CD 1001869/2, CD2 tks15-17.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores the life and works of Russia's most popular Romatic composer.

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