Proms on Four
BBC Proms · Season 60 · Episode 23
Two minor-key fifth symphonies by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, both concerning mankind's struggle with fate and the ineluctable triumph of light over darkness. The Philadelphia Orchestra is conducted by Christoph Eschenbach , who talks to host Charles Hazlewood in the interval.
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Season
60
Episode
23
Air Date
04/Sep/2006
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Two minor-key fifth symphonies by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, both concerning mankind's struggle with fate and the ineluctable triumph of light over darkness. The Philadelphia Orchestra is conducted by Christoph Eschenbach , who talks to host Charles Hazlewood in the interval.
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