- 08:11Tchaikovsky in early childhood
- 01:26Music: Glinka: Overture to A Life for the Tsar
- 02:56Enforced separation from his mother
- 02:06Music: Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op. 59
- 01:27Death of his mother
- 00:45Music: Rêverie du Soir
- 04:46Early manhood: the spendthrift civil servant
- 04:09Music: Minuet from Mozartiana
- 02:14Dismissive opinions of other composers
- 03:52Music: The Storm
- 02:50Journey to a breakdown
- 04:18Music: First Symphony
- 04:29Abortive engagement
- 06:06The advent of Balakirev
- 02:01Music: Romeo and Juliet
- 02:49Travels and a wounded friendship
- 06:00Music: First Piano Concerto
- 02:22Reforming the Ballet
- 05:30Music: the Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty
- 01:24Bizet's Carmen has A Major effect on Tchaikovsky's music
- 02:51Music: Francesca da Rimini
- 00:35A compositional paradox
- 02:06Music: Rococo Variations
- 08:35The struggle of despair and hope; he decides to marry
- 01:17Music: The Tempest
- 06:32The advent of Nadezhda von Meck
- 04:03Music: The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
- 07:35The desastrous road to matrimony
- 04:17Music: Romeo and Juliet
- 07:28Marriage, trauma, and a fairy tale annuity
- 04:03Letter to Mme von Meck
- 04:01Music: Romeo and Juliet
- 01:37Recovery and creativity
- 03:23Music: Fourth Symphony
- 03:12The creation of his favourite opera
- 06:10Music: Lensky's aria from Eugene Onegin
- 00:43The return to compositional health
- 05:43Music: Violin Concerto in D
- 02:42He experiences distressing relapses
- 02:19Music: Capriccio Italien
- 09:26Psychological disturbances and a long fallow period
- 02:00Music: Piano Trio in A Minor
- 08:20Sufferings for Mme von Meck; he decides to settle down
- 01:29Music: Manfred Symphony
- 07:29Conducting tours and domestic bliss
- 05:33Music: Fifth Symphony
- 01:47More conducting tours, and a working holiday in Italy
- 02:06Music: Souvenir de Florence
- 08:21The rift with Mme von Meck
- 02:42Music: Sixth Symphony (second movement)
- 04:29His obsession with 'Bob' Davydov; adventures in America
- 02:41Music: Fifth Symphony
- 09:07Further America adventures
- 05:15A trip to Niagara
- 02:11Music: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)
- 01:12A darker episode
- 02:34Music: Voyevode
- 04:25Portrait of a conductor
- 03:50A hero's return
- 05:25Music: Sixth Symphony
- 05:30The mystery surrounding his death
- 05:11Music: First Piano Concerto
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