Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

01	Introduction	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	00:08
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
02	Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: By a Lake: The swans swim on the lake (Excerpt)	Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:17
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03	Can there be music more instantly recognisable, more wildly popular, more beautifully scored?…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	06:44
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
04	Marche slave, Op. 31 (Excerpt)	Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	00:52
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
05	We heard an extract from Tchaikovsky's 1876 orchestral piece Marche slave…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	04:20
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
06	Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II Scene 6: Aria. Vedrai, carino (Excerpt)	Ildikò Raimondi	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:11
	Writer: Lorenzo Da Ponte / Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
07	Tchaikovsky's arrival at the preparatory school in St Petersburg…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	04:55
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
08	My Genius, My Angel, My Friend	Ljuba Kazarnovskaya	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:53
	Writer: Afanasy Fet / Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
09	Tchaikovsky graduated from the School of Jurisprudence on 25 May 1859…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	06:44
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
10	Groza, Op. 76 (Excerpt)	Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	02:01
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
11	On graduation at the end of 1865, Tchaikovsky was offered the role of music theory teacher at the soon-to-open Moscow Conservatory	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	05:40
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
12	Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian": I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo (Excerpt)	German Radio Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern Philharmonic Orchestra	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:34
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
13	Around this time, the early 1870s, Tchaikovsky enjoyed some success as an aspiring composer…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	04:27
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
14	Oprichnik, Act I: Pochudilis' mne budito golosa i shum shagov (Excerpt)	Elena Lassoskaya	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:22
	Writer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky / Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
15	Towards the end of 1874, the same year in which The Oprichnik premiered…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	02:52
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
16	Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito (Excerpt)	Bernd Glemser	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	02:38
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
17	The mid-1870s witnessed the further development of Tchaikovsky's career…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	05:02
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
18	Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: I. Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima (Excerpt)	Colorado Symphony Orchestra	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:07
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
19	In the years that followed his ill-fated marriage, Tchaikovsky became reclusive…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:10
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
20	1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (Excerpt)	Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:30
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
21	In the mid-1880s, Tchaikovsky decided to return to the Moscow region and settle down…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	02:55
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
22	Suite No. 4 in G Major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana": III. Preghiera. Andante non tanto (Excerpt)	Ireland National Symphony Orchestra	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:23
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
23	In the final years of Tchaikovsky's life, his compositional pace seemed to increase…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:37
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
24	The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I: Valse (Excerpt)	Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:10
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
25	A second example from the ballet illustrates Tchaikovsky's characteristically atmospheric musical style…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	00:42
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
26	The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act II: Panorama (Excerpt)	Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:24
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
27	Tchaikovsky's third and final ballet, The Nutcracker, was premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre on 18 December 1892…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:20
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
28	The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II Tableau 3: Coda	Russian National Orchestra	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:18
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
29	Although the Tsar, present at the final dress rehearsal…	Nicholas Boulton	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	04:18
	Writer: Davinia Caddy / Composers: Davinia Caddy
30	Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso (Excerpt)	Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra	Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	01:52
	Composers: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

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Introduction

Nicholas Boulton

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Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: By a Lake: The swans swim on the lake (Excerpt)

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Great Composers in Words & Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

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Can there be music more instantly recognisable, more wildly popular, more beautifully scored?…