Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, IV. Finale (Tema Russo) | New Century Chamber Orchestra

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Movement IV. Finale Movement III. Elégie
February 9, 2011
Eli and Edyth Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA

From On Our Way: The Journey of Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the New Century Chamber Orchestra, a DVD by CounterPoint Films in association with NSS MUSIC

[andrewnix]

50% of comments: This is amazing
Other 50%: I play this my 2nd grade orch estra tomorrow wish me luk!

[matthewdexter]

I'm doing this in my HS orchestra tomorrow. It's pretty grueling, but the violins have it the worst. A bassist like myself shouldn't complain to much.

[danprushnok]

In my entire life I have listened to this piece a thousand times...and never once can I cut it short! All movements are sublime and the third is well...his soul as well as ours...shared.

[Dark_Umbreon]

An excerpt from this is part of my auditions happening in my High School Orchestra. Pls wish me luck
Edit: thanks for the people who wished me luck. I didn’t make the highest orchestra I could but I made one lower. Still, thank you so much.

[yunlur.]

played this freshmen year of high school over 15 years ago and snippets of it would just float back into my head from time to time. I had forgotten the composer and name and finally found it again through musipedia. Brings back a lot of good memories, including the anxiety I would feel tackling some of those runs on 1st violin. It's a beautiful piece and I'm glad I found a good version to come back to.

[Musicnyc]

They move as a unit expressively and pay attention to each other, great job listening to one another. Great leadership, from the Music Director Nadija Salerno-Sonnenberg!

[ChrlyChplnfan]

This is one of my favorite pieces of all time! The communication with other players to make this sound and feel the way it should is so much fun! I am so happy you all chose to do this!

[Ava-rtxe]

i know everyone here is because your orchestra is tasked with this monstrosity, as i’m guilty of this as well, and all i have to say is good luck with this vErY fUn piece. our hs symphony teacher, however, decided to take it a whole five steps further than necessary: we have three tests in the hardests sections and our teacher refuses to acknowledge the disaster that is our cello section (which i am unfortunately a part of) and when she does she goes out of her way to find nOt the easier, but the eASIEST parts as another strategy to ignore the most awful cello sections ive ever laid my eyes on difficulty wise, meaning all of us are tasked of spending our own time to learn this monstrosity. auditioning for the advanced orchestra as a freshman (basically unheard of) was a bad idea and i’m currently facing the repercussions while writing this as a way to procrastinate analyzing shifting patterns

if you’re still reading this and you happen to be a violinist, i’m truly praying for your sanity

[josed.vargas]

As an 8th grade upright bassist you can assume how frightened I am to begin preparing this piece for concert in may with a youth orchestra, yet I am extremely excited

[isabellew]

I played this piece in 2014 when I was 14 with a summer school. it was honestly the best. i miss it so much! We played an incredible arrangement of this. I have a serious case of the feels now haha

[stephenjablonsky]

I love the looks of joy on their faces as they play the amazing music that Tchaikovsky wrote for them. Each player in the ensemble thinks they have the best part--the sign of a great orchestrator. This what highly talented people do to get a mutual high. They certainly lit me up!

[snorlarx]

Played this in my HS orchestra 2 days ago and we'll play it again in a week...love that piece!

[joshablatzheim]

Mrs Salerno Sonnenberg and the others just superb👌
Mercie fot putting it on YouTube 🙏

[meagan]

Ahh I remember playing the entire serenade as a 9th grader and ever since then it has been my favorite piece for strings! This is by far the best recording I have found. I love the sound the ensemble is able to produce and the passion poured into the piece. Simply amazing.

[tylersmith]

One of the most beautiful chamber pieces ever. Fun to play. Great job!

[CJdude]

Always interesting seeing performances where the person 'conducting' is actually one of the musicians (at least I believe that's what the 1st chair violin is doing). Brilliant performance of a difficult piece to pull off so thoroughly masterful as this. Thank you for sharing it!

[chrislajambe]

I love the finger plucking!
Beautiful Piece!

[quiquebou]

This is not a studio but live! So you can't do it over and over again. It was brilliant in this very moment. Super bravo! Also for Nadja Sonnenberg.

[es]

wow, very nice. full of passion haha especially the concert master, bravo!

[Roger.Coleman]

Truly wonderful, passionate rendition of one of the most glorious pieces of music !