Genesis and Genius
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2011
Simon Russell Beale's series looking at the history of the symphony begins with Haydn's arrival in England in 1791 and continues with Mozart and Beethoven.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2011
Simon Russell Beale's series looking at the history of the symphony begins with Haydn's arrival in England in 1791 and continues with Mozart and Beethoven.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2011
Simon Russell Beale looks at Beethoven's revolutionary later symphonies and the works of Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz and the flamboyant Franz Liszt.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2011
Simon Russell Beale discovers how nationalist voices such as Tchaikovsky and Dvorak brought the symphony to wider audiences in the late 19th century.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2011
Simon Russell Beale investigates the symphonic world of the Soviet Union composer Shostakovich, and how Ives and Copland were creating a new American sound.