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The Creation of Greatness

Charles Hazlewood travels to Moscow and St Petersburg in search of Tchaikovsky, a composer whose musical standing has suffered due to his reputation as a hypersensitive neurotic.

Charles Hazlewood travels to Moscow and St Petersburg in search of Tchaikovsky, a composer whose musical standing has suffered due to his reputation as a hypersensitive neurotic. Hazlewood conducts some of Russia's finest young musicians in excerpts from Tchaikovsky's best-known works, while Ed Stoppard plays the composer in scenes from his life based on letters and diaries, showing a man tormented by his sexuality and his disastrous marriage.

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Mon 7 Aug 2023 02:10

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