A truncated version of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture,” conducted by its first Music Director, Nikolai Sokoloff, was first ...

Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Tchaikovsky was open about what he sought to achieve in his music, and that, above all, was beauty, whether in his melodies, his orchestration ...

Find out how pulse and rhythm work. Hear the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra playing the 1812 Overture and meet an animated Tchaikovsky in our Bitesize article on What are dynamics? Let Beethoven ...

Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule The spectre of cholera hung over Tchaikovsky's life from his earliest childhood. In the early 19th century most people believed the disease was ...