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Bonus - EP1

Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence”

This concert’s streaming date has passed. Enjoy its accompanying essay, interview, special performances and more below.

This episode was released on May 7th

  • About the Episode

About the episode

Played by members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the third movement (scherzo) of Tchaikovsky’s String Sextet, “Souvenir de Florence,” features much of that quick interplay that makes chamber music so much fun for musicians to play. Despite the work’s nickname, this movement is Russian flavored, with dynamic folk-like melodies and rhythms

  • Nathan Cole

    Gabriela Peña-Kim

    Violins

  • Ben Ullery

    Ingrid Hutman

    Violas

  • Gloria Lum

    Jason Lippmann

    Cellos