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Royal Northern Sinfonia I – Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence

10 October 2025 - 10 October 2025

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL

  • £15 standard £5 students £2 under-18s

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We launch our new, multi-season partnership with the North East’s world-class chamber orchestra with an evening rich emotions and vivid contrasts in bold, theatrical chamber music by three of Russia’s greatest composers.

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Prokofiev’s Quintet, originally written for a travelling ballet troupe, offers a colourful circus of clashing harmonies, tumbling melodies and unexpected rhythms. In contrast, Shostakovich’s Eighth String Quartet is a haunting, deeply personal piece written in just three days on a visit to Germany in 1960, its mournful tones reflect the shadow of wartime still hanging over the city of Dresden. Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence rounds off the evening - a sun-drenched string sextet bursting with passion and warmth, mixing Italian inspiration with rich Russian melodism.

Royal Northern Sinfonia

 

Sergei Prokofiev: Quintet in G minor

Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence

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£15 standard £5 students £2 under-18s