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The Listening Service: 'Pathétique'

'Pathétique'

BBC Radio 3 - The Listening Service, 'Pathétique'

An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service.

Borrowed from the French, 'Pathétique' means to arouse great passion and emotion. Tom Service examines how this word applies to Tchaikovsky's monumental 6th and final symphony.

Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony is given the subtitle "Pathétique", the use of the French word removing some of the negative connotations that the word pathetic has in English, which is the literal translation. Pathétique suggests something of great passion with perhaps a sense of great sadness too. Tom Service examines how this word might apply to one of Tchaikovsky's most profound and intense works.

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