Frielinghaus Ensemble

Borodin’s unfinished sextet and Tchaikovsky’s »Souvenir de Florence« are based on Russian folk songs, while the slow movement of Tchaikovsky’s work could be associated with a moonlight night on the banks of the Arno river, where the tones coming from the violin and cello grow from a gondolier’s song to a passionate love duet. Dvořák’s sextet is also a musical melange: Bohemian folk songs are inspired by Vienna through Dvořák’s mentor Johannes Brahms and the famous Slavonic Dances can also be heard.