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Symphony Season 1 Episodes

  • 2011-2011
  • 1 Season
  • Documentary
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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.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

4 Episodes 2011 - 2011

Episode 1

Genesis and Genius

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.

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Episode 2

Beethoven and Beyond

Europe at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, a continent at war with itself. The symphonies revolutionised, changed beyond all recognition in the space of just thirty years by two titanic men, one German and one French.

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Episode 3

New Nations and New Worlds

Vienna, 1876: the place was a building site, the hub of an empire, and a symphony

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Episode 4

Revolution and Rebirth

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