An Italian Night — Alexander Sitkovetsky & NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra

A captivating journey through Italian music heritage at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław. Violinist-director Alexander Sitkovetsky leads the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra in an imaginative programme celebrating the instrumental side of Italy’s greatest opera composers — without a single aria.

Hear Puccini’s elegiac Crisantemi, written in memory of a friend; Verdi’s only known string quartet; virtuoso variations on Rossini by Niccolò Paganini; and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence — a work inspired by Italy but driven by a Russian soul.

Programme: G. Puccini: Crisantemi · G. Verdi: String Quartet in E minor · N. Paganini: Variations on Rossini; Cantabile op. 17 · P. Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence op. 70