NotableFacing The MusicEpisodes Episode guide

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1. Introducing Facing The Music

   Exposing the emotional turmoil behind legendary composers and their captivating music.
2. Joseph Haydn: Letting Go of Loneliness

   David Suchet plunges into Haydn’s isolation and how it was shattered in war-torn Vienna.
3. Duke Ellington: In Control

   Don Warrington watches Ellington risk it all to save his name and musical legacy.
4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Lust for Life

   Andrew Lincoln revels in Mozart’s new-found love as he and his music, break free.
5. Ethel Smyth: Resilience and Resistance

   Maxine Peake embraces Smyth’s rule-breaking as the composer takes on the patriarchy.
6. Jean Sibelius: Rage Against the Machine

   Toby Jones reveals how Sibelius’s anger and destruction freed him from musical torment.
7. Sergei Rachmaninov: Fear of Failure

   Kit Harington tackles Rachmaninov’s paralysing writer’s block to reveal a masterpiece.
8. Antonín Dvořák: Heartache and Hope

   Adeel Akhtar unravels Dvořák’s grief and musical rebirth after the deaths of his children.
9. Florence Price: Power and Pride

   Nina Sosanya confronts Price’s battle with prejudice to reveal her true musical identity.
10. Dmitri Shostakovich: Staring Down the Terror

    Michael Sheen uncovers Shostakovich’s fear and defiance in Stalin’s terrifying USSR.
11. Ludwig van Beethoven: The Battle for Joy

    Dominic West exposes Beethoven’s emotional pain in search of joyful, life-affirming music.