COLLECTION · Series · 2011

Symphony

Name: Symphony
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 8

Simon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world and explores the surprising way in which it has shaped our history and identity.

Source: TMDB

* 8.0 (1)DocumentaryUnited Kingdom

Countries

United Kingdom

Studios

BBC Four · BBC

Runtime

60 min/ep

Release

03/11/2011

Score

8.0 / 10 (1)

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Seasons and episodes

Season 1

4 episodes · 2011

Episode 1. Genesis and Genius

2011-11-03 · 60 min

Simon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world and explores the surprising way in which it has shaped our history and identity. The first episode begins amidst the turmoil of the…

Episode 2. Beethoven and Beyond

2011-11-10 · 60 min

Simon Russell Beale continues his journey into the world of the symphony with the story of the revolutionary later symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven and their phenomenal impact. We also meet Franz Schubert, whose two greatest symphonies…

Episode 3. New Nations and New Worlds

2011-11-17 · 60 min

Simon Russell Beale continues his history of the symphony by taking a musical journey through the rise of nationalism in Europe into the New World. He discovers how nationalist voices such as Tchaikovsky, Dvorak and Sibelius brought the…

Episode 4. Revolution and Rebirth

2011-11-24 · 60 min

Simon Russell Beale's journey takes him into the 20th century, a time when the certainties of empire were falling away, war was looming and the world was changing faster than ever before. Simon investigates the extraordinary symphonic…

Cast by season

Mark Elder

Simon Russell Beale

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