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Eugene Onegin (Polonaise)
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Xian Zhang
Recording date: 27 September 2016
Date of broadcast: 27 September 2016
This tragic opera's lightest moment is a diverting Polish dance that opens Act III. Tchaikovsky contrasts his music's gaiety with anti-hero Onegin's despair: he's killed his best friend.
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Xian Zhang
Recording date: 27 September 2016
Date of broadcast: 27 September 2016
