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How the symphony emerged from the world of aristocratic privilege, how it accompanied the rise of nations and the fall of empires, and how it became a symbol of freedom and a tool of totalitarianism.
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Episode 1
New Year's Day, 1791: the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn - 58 years old, in rude health - is sailing from Calais to Dover. It's a voyage that will take a full ten hours.





