Life and Works: TCHAIKOVSKY (Siepmann)

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Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky : Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Malcolm Sinclair, actor


1.   Tchaikovsky in early childhood - 8:10
2.   Music: Glinka: Overture to A Life for the Tsar - 1:26
3.   Enforced separation from his mother - 2:55
4.   Music: Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op. 59 - 2:05
5.   Death of his mother - 1:27
6.   Music: Ręverie du Soir - 0:45
7.   Early manhood: the spendthrift civil servant - 4:46
8.   Music: Minuet from Mozartiana - 4:09
9.   Dismissive opinions of other composers - 2:13
10.   Music: The Storm - 3:51
11.   Journey to a breakdown - 2:49
12.   Music: First Symphony - 4:18
13.   Abortive engagement - 4:29
14.   The advent of Balakirev - 6:05
15.   Music: Romeo and Juliet - 2:01
16.   Travels and a wounded friendship - 2:49
17.   Music: First Piano Concerto - 6:00

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky : Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Malcolm Sinclair, actor


1.   Reforming the Ballet - 2:22
2.   Music: the Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty - 5:29
3.   Bizet's Carmen has a major effect on Tchaikovsky's music - 1:23
4.   Music: Francesca da Rimini - 2:50
5.   A compositional paradox - 0:34
6.   Music: Rococo Variations - 2:05
7.   The struggle of despair and hope; he decides to marry - 8:34
8.   Music: The Tempest - 1:16
9.   The advent of Nadezhda von Meck - 6:32
10.   Music: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz - 4:02
11.   The desastrous road to matrimony - 7:34
12.   Music: Romeo and Juliet - 4:16
13.   Marriage, trauma, and a fairy tale annuity - 7:27
14.   Letter to Mme von Meck - 4:02
15.   Music: Romeo and Juliet - 4:01

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky : Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Malcolm Sinclair, actor


1.   Recovery and creativity - 1:36
2.   Music: Fourth Symphony - 3:22
3.   The creation of his favourite opera - 3:12
4.   Music: Lensky's aria from Eugene Onegin - 6:09
5.   The return to compositional health - 0:42
6.   Music: Violin Concerto in D - 5:43
7.   He experiences distressing relapses - 2:41
8.   Music: Capriccio Italien - 2:19
9.   Psychological disturbances and a long fallow period - 9:26
10.   Music: Piano Trio in A minor - 1:59
11.   Sufferings for Mme von Meck; he decides to settle down - 8:19
12.   Music: Manfred Symphony - 1:28
13.   Conducting tours and domestic bliss - 7:28
14.   Music: Fifth Symphony - 5:33
15.   More conducting tours, and a working holiday in Italy - 1:46
16.   Music: Souvenir de Florence - 2:06

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky : Life and Works (more info)
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Jeremy Siepmann
Jeremy Siepmann, narrator
Malcolm Sinclair, actor


1.   The rift with Mme von Meck - 8:20
2.   Music: Sixth Symphony (second movement) - 2:41
3.   His obsession with 'Bob' Davydov; adventures in America - 4:29
4.   Music: Fifth Symphony - 2:40
5.   Further America adventures - 9:07
6.   A trip to Niagara - 5:14
7.   Music: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker) - 2:10
8.   A darker episode - 1:11
9.   Music: Voyevode - 2:34
10.   Portrait of a conductor - 4:25
11.   A hero's return - 3:50
12.   Music: Sixth Symphony - 5:24
13.   The mystery surrounding his death - 5:30
14.   Music: First Piano Concerto - 5:10

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