Omnibus · SEASON 31
Who Killed Tchaikovsky
Episode 11 · 1993-12-07
- Documentary
Episode overview
A hundred years ago Tchaikovsky died suddenly In St Petersburg, within days of conducting the work many consider to be his greatest, the Pathétique Symphony. How did the great composer meet his death? Officially, he died of cholera, but a Russian emigre living in America has produced evidence to show that he was forced to commit suicide. Anthony Holden conducts an investigation into the mystery, and the film follows clues in New York, St Petersburg and Moscow, clues within the music and the known facts of Tchaikovsky's life, in search of the facts behind the composer's untimely death.
Season 31 episodes
1. Wild Swans1993-09-28
2. Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One1993-10-05
3. Nina Simone -The Legend1993-10-12
4. Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part Two1993-10-12
5. Sweet Home Chicago1993-10-19
6. Houdini1993-10-26
7. The Magic Lantern1993-11-02
8. The Russian Striptease1993-11-09
9. Everything You Wanted to Know About Conductors But Were Afraid to Ask1993-11-23
10. The Boy Next Door1993-11-30
11. Who Killed Tchaikovsky1993-12-07
12. Sebastião Salgado: Looking Back at You1993-12-14
13. Sunset Boulevard1993-12-21
14. Freeze, But Is It Art?1994-02-22
15. The Piero Trail 11994-02-23
17. Mister Abbott's Broadway1994-03-01
18. The Piero Trail 21994-03-02
19. Vikram Seth: A Suitable Boy1994-03-08
20. Hildegard1994-03-29
21. Bill T Jones1994-04-05
22. Gielgud: Scenes from 9 Decades1994-04-12
23. Joan Littlewood's Lovely War1994-04-19
24. Sir John Betjeman1994-04-26
25. Duke Ellington 1: Reminiscing in Tempo1994-05-03
26. Duke Ellington 21994-05-10
27. Robert Stephens: Every Inch a King1994-05-24
