SOUVENIR DE FLORENCIA, UNA JOYA DE TCHAIKOVSKY A LA ALTURA DE SU SERENATA PARA CUERDAS

SOUVENIR OF FLORENCE, A TCHAIKOVSKY JEWEL AT THE LEVEL OF HIS SERENADE FOR STRINGS

Dear audience:

Next Saturday we will meet again at the Peace Palace in Fuengirola at 7:00 p.m., although on this occasion the presentation and narration of the event will be carried out by Víctor Burgos Salinas , a colleague with magnificent communication qualities, because a server will not be able to enjoy this appointment.

The last entry we had left to round up all the information about Saturday's program will be the work that closes the concert. One of the wonders of Tchaikovsky , Souvenir de Florence Op. 70 . As you already know, the concert will consist of an absolute premiere of the composer Juan Manuel Cisneros with his work Danza, for string orchestra; The award-winning guitarist Stoyan Paskov will follow with the famous Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra No. 1 in A major, Op. 30 by Giuliani and everything will culminate with this gem by Tchaikovsky .

Tchaikowsky embodies Russian music par excellence, but at a time when tradition was beginning to encounter a turbulent political life that always affects and conditions everything, and of course any artistic manifestation. There will be many departures from Russia for Tchaikowsky , sometimes for more friendly reasons than others, and among these departures, which give him a very detailed idea of ​​music throughout Europe, will be his stays in Florence. Normally, they were long periods at the Villa Oppenheim in Florence, although the maestro took the opportunity to visit acquaintances, artists, etc.

This stage, the end of his life, between the 80s and 90s will therefore be marked by Florence, and will be especially fruitful, since in it he composed Capricho Italiano , the opera La dama de Pique and our Souvenir de Florence . This work, which began as a sextet, soon grew to be a chamber orchestra work. It embodies all the elegance and audacity of Tchaikowsky . It is a work divided into four movements. The first delves into Italian and Russian popular music, creating an indissoluble mix. This Allegro con spirito pivots between vitality and tranquility and as we say, between Russian and Italian. The Adagio cantábile e con moto , with its sweet pizzicati, is more romantic in aesthetics. The Allegro moderato is a scherzo, very virtuoso and with echoes of Dvorak and Central European music. Finally, the Allegro vivace , returns to the contrast and fluctuates between the rhythmic and the lyrical, it is simply wonderful.

Not to miss it...

Jorge Rodríguez Morata
 Pedagogical content coordinator

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