The Great Composers dives deep into the lives behind some of the greatest music ever written. It's a look a the world through the eyes of these gifted musical artists. Learn about obstacles they overcame, and their loves, losses, successes and failures. You'll feel you know Mozart, Rachmaninov and others as friends.
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The Great Composers dives deep into the lives behind some of the greatest music ever written. It's a look a the world through the eyes of these gifted musical artists. Learn about obstacles they overcame, and their loves, losses, successes and failures. You'll feel you know Mozart, Rachmaninov and others as friends.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Chapter 4: It Takes A Village
The Great Composers
20 minutes 29 seconds
7 years ago
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Chapter 4: It Takes A Village
Sergei Rachmaninoff finds himself in a funk. It’s been three years since the disastrous premiere of his Symphony No. 1 and the composer has barely written a note since then. His confidence is crushed. Self-doubt has crippled him. And it looks like his muse has left him. Enter the family intervention. In what becomes a persistent theme in Rachmaninoff’s life, his family insists that it’s time to get off the couch and back to composing. They send him to a doctor who has been experimenting with a new type of remedy: hypnotherapy. After months of positive talk therapy, and his family rooting for him, Sergei Rachmaninoff pulls off the greatest comeback story in classical music with his beloved Piano Concerto No. 2.
The Great Composers
The Great Composers dives deep into the lives behind some of the greatest music ever written. It's a look a the world through the eyes of these gifted musical artists. Learn about obstacles they overcame, and their loves, losses, successes and failures. You'll feel you know Mozart, Rachmaninov and others as friends.
