Erich Wolfgang Korngold was perhaps the greatest prodigy the music world has ever seen, writing brilliant original works in the music-language similar to Mahler and Strauss from his early teens. Many musicians feel that this rarely heard string Sextet, written when he was only 17 years old, is one of the most beautiful and shattering chamber works ever written. A discussion of Korngold's life and career, which culminated in Hollywood where he revolutionized the film music industry, will be followed by Tchaikovsky's thrilling and evocative Souvenir de Florence.Read more