In our exclusive interview clips, Charles Hazlewood takes us deeper into the pieces, and shares his own view of Tchaikovsky

On the programmes
"Music is probably the great universal language that we have as a species beyond any dialect or tongue"
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On Tchaikovsky and me
"We’ve found a kind of a new meaning and a new truth for all of us which means that these pieces won’t and can’t sound hackneyed"
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On Romeo And Juliet
" It’s just one of those themes which is so erotic, it’s almost rude"
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On The Pathetique
"Particularly in the last part of Tchaikovsky’s life and career, again and again he wrote melodies which absolutely have this dying fall quality to them"
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On Tchaikovsky's reputation
"Tchaikovsky absolutely is not this kind of chocolate box, saccharined composer that so many of those conductor figures would have him as"
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