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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 5: Final Years

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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Episode 5: Final Years

Final Years

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Final Years

Tchaikovsky's last ballet, opera and symphony. And the ageing composer takes up conducting

Donald Macleod explores Tchaikovsky's later career - his last operas, one more ballet, and a final symphony, plus a new pursuit as the ageing composer took lessons in conducting.

Donald Macleod looks at what occupied Tchaikovsky towards the end of his life: his last operas, one more ballet, and a final symphony, plus a new musical pursuit as the ageing composer took lessons in conducting.

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