Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky : Life and Works
Tchaikovsky in early childhood
Music: Glinka: Overture to A Life for the Tsar
Enforced separation from his mother
Music: Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op. 59
Death of his mother
Music: Rêverie du Soir
Early manhood: the spendthrift civil servant
Music: Minuet from Mozartiana
Dismissive opinions of other composers
Music: The Storm
Journey to a breakdown
Music: First Symphony
Abortive engagement
The advent of Balakirev
Music: Romeo and Juliet
Travels and a wounded friendship
Music: First Piano Concerto
Reforming the Ballet
Music: the Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty
Bizet's Carmen has a major effect on Tchaikovsky's music
Music: Francesca da Rimini
A compositional paradox
Music: Rococo Variations
The struggle of despair and hope; he decides to marry
Music: The Tempest
The advent of Nadezhda von Meck
Music: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
The desastrous road to matrimony
Music: Romeo and Juliet
Marriage, trauma, and a fairy tale annuity
Letter to Mme von Meck
Music: Romeo and Juliet
Recovery and creativity
Music: Fourth Symphony
The creation of his favourite opera
Music: Lensky's aria from Eugene Onegin
The return to compositional health
Music: Violin Concerto in D
He experiences distressing relapses
Music: Capriccio Italien
Psychological disturbances and a long fallow period
Music: Piano Trio in A minor
Sufferings for Mme von Meck; he decides to settle down
Music: Manfred Symphony
Conducting tours and domestic bliss
Music: Fifth Symphony
More conducting tours, and a working holiday in Italy
Music: Souvenir de Florence
The rift with Mme von Meck
Music: Sixth Symphony (second movement)
His obsession with 'Bob' Davydov; adventures in America
Music: Fifth Symphony
Further America adventures
A trip to Niagara
Music: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)
A darker episode
Music: Voyevode
Portrait of a conductor
A hero's return
Music: Sixth Symphony
The mystery surrounding his death
Music: First Piano Concerto
