What's on in Beijing (Mar 4-10)

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The Philharmonic String Sextet Vienna concert

The ensemble "Philharmonic String Sextet Vienna" was founded in 2015 by six young members of the Vienna Philharmonic. Since then the musicians have devoted themselves to the classic sextet literature around the two large sextets by Brahms, the sextet of Dvoák and the famous Souvenir de Florence by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, as well as other modern works by composers such as Schoenberg, Korngold and Milhaud.

The program for the Beijing concert will include String Sextet (Prelude), from Capriccio, Op. 85 by Richard Strauss, Grande Sestetto Concertante by Mozart, as well as The String Sextet in D minor Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, by Tchaikovsky.

Time: 7:30 pm, Mar 10

Venue: Concert Hall, National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district.

Ticket: 80 – 400 yuan

Contact: 010 - 6655 0000

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