Who Killed Tchaikovsky?
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Omnibus: Season 31 | Episode 12- Director: John Purdie
- Writer: Anthony Holden
- Producer: John Purdie; Irina Mishina
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Waffle and nonsense...Purdie drones on and says little...but, he certainly does like to show his face.
Supposition and guesswork by those who never met the man - but, act as if they were deep personal friends...total bollocks.
Tchaikovsky killed himself because he was diddling with his nephew and was about to face the full might of the Russian legal system...that's what happened!
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The(ir) Blurb...
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.