Summary
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake is based on a children's show he wrote for his nephews and nieces.
Discover the story behind the famous ballet
And what is the impact on those who hear it and dance to it?
Featuring:
Dr. Elena Denzhkina-Campbell Dr. Margaret Reynolds Tom Conlon John Warrack Francesca Allen Jane Hackett Barbara Hughes Sir Roy Strong Matthew Drury, piano Marion Tait Gaylene Cummerfield Matthew Lawrence Scott Ambler
Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact
Producer: Sarah Conkey
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Traitors is back, and so is that mysterious cloaked figure with the familiar fringe. |
| 0:06.6 | Yeah, it's me. |
| 0:07.8 | And when you've watched Claudia in the castle, join me, Ed Gamble, for the official visualised companion podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | And remember, I'll be listening. |
| 0:15.8 | Okay? |
| 0:16.6 | No, seriously, I love it. |
| 0:18.4 | What a faithful. |
| 0:19.7 | We'll unpack betrayals and spill scandalous secrets |
| 0:22.2 | with celeb guests, traitors' legends, |
| 0:25.0 | and murdered and banished players. |
| 0:27.0 | The traitors uncloked. |
| 0:28.3 | Watch on IPlayer, listen for more on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:32.2 | You're listening to a download of soul music from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:38.3 | When I was very little about two or three years old, |
| 0:42.6 | every night my parents will tell me a story, a fairy tale. |
| 0:47.3 | But the important thing was the music. |
| 0:50.2 | My mama used to sing a music from the Swan Lake Bali's lullaby. |
| 1:09.0 | For many years, I kept the memory of the pattern which Frost made on my window, and I could look at it for hours imagining not only what I see, but also what I heard. |
| 1:33.8 | You will immediately imagine the beauty of the lake with the shadows from the tree |
| 1:35.6 | with the moonlight reflected in the water |
| 1:38.4 | it was most wonderful memory of my childhood. |
| 1:53.6 | I was doing the same to my children here in Britain. |
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