Tchaikovsky's Souvenir De Florence was comissioned by the St. Petersburg ...(+)
Tchaikovsky's Souvenir
De Florence was
comissioned by the St.
Petersburg Chamber Music
Society in 1887, but the
work was not finished
until 1892 due to
Tchaikovsky turning his
attention to his opera
Queen Of Spades.It
has been observed that
the final movement, in
particular, is
orchestrally conceived,
rather than in the style
of chamber music. The
work is, fittingly, often
performed by string
orchestras, and many
believe it to actually
moreeffective in that
format. This is the
original setting of the
piece, for String Sextet
- 2 Violins, 2 Violas and
2 Cellos
Loren
