A Postcard From Italy
Wolf: Italian Serenade for String Quartet
Boccherini: Sextet in F minor Op.23
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, Op.70, ‘Souvenir de Florence’
Tristan Gurney (director/violin) presents a wonderful programme of Italian masterpieces. Opening with the witty and light hearted Wolf Italian Serenade for string quartet, this is a programme encapsulating the flavour of Italy. Boccherini’s light, spirited and ornate String Sextet follows before concluding with one of the chamber music greats, Tchaikovsky’s String Sextet in D minor, Op.70, ‘Souvenir de Florence’. Following a 3 month stay in Florence composing his opera The Queen of Spades, Tchaikovsky returned home and wrote this masterpiece in a matter of weeks. A work of great power, intense passion and beauty, it is perhaps not surprising that the composer admitted “It is terrible how thrilled I am with my own work”. It has been thrilling audiences ever since!
Standard ticket £20 | Under 18s & Students £5
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult