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Stephen Johnson explores the private codes hidden in Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony: is it a musical triumph over the composer's inner demons - or something more cryptic? Show more
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Stephen Johnson explores Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. Show more
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Stephen Johnson explores Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings.
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Stephen Johnson charts how Tchaikovsky put the poetry of Byron into his only programmatic symphony, Manfred. Show more
An exploration of the impact of Tchaikovsky's ballet, which he based on a show he wrote for his nieces and nephews. From 2008. Show more
Biographer Anthony Holden and conductor Vassily Sinaisky explore the cultural impact of Tchaikovsky’s final symphony. From 2002 Show more
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Ian Skelly hosts a talk on Verdi's orchestral writing and Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony. With critic, writer and professor of English Jonathan Bate and violinist Claire Holden. Show more
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Ian Skelly talks to Rosamund Bartlett and Marina Frolova-Walker about Tchaikovsky and his world, exploring the influences in his life at the time of writing his Symphony No. 3. Show more
With the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.
Soloist Pekka Kuusisto joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Dausgaard. Show more
With the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo. Show more
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim
The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Han-Na Chang, performs Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, featuring soloist Denis Matsuev. Show more
