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Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony Is Music To Start Anew

NPR
Published September 20, 2021 at 12:40 PM EDT
Russian composer Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. (AP)
Russian composer Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. (AP)

Here & Now music opinionator Fran Hoepfner joins host Robin Young to discuss why she thinks Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony is a perfect soundtrack for our times right now.

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