Souvenirs – Rembrandt’s Season Finale!

This June Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, Chicago’s premiere ensemble focused on classical and adventurous new works, returns to the stage with a rousing season finale performance featuring world-renowned violinist Chee-Yun. Described by the New York Times as having “…high-gloss tone that pulls sensuously at the listener’s ear,” she joins Rembrandt for one performance only to present her smashing virtuosity in Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. Souvenirs will take place live and online on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 3:00 pm at Evanston’s Nichols Concert Hall.

Rembrandt’s program will also feature a clarinet quintet of Bernard Herrmann, a composer best known for his film music and long collaboration with movie director Alfred Hitchcock. But there’s more to Bernard Herrmann than Pyscho. Guest clarinetist Jonathan Gunn’s paralyzingly beautiful musicianship features on Herrmann’s Souvenirs de Voyage – a tour through vivid sentimentality which contrasts dramatically with the iciness and drama of Herrmann’s great film scores.

The heart-racing tempos, gorgeous lyricism, and pure thrill promise to have you stunned before the end.

Bernard HERRMANN: “Souvenirs de Voyage” ft. Jonathan Gunn, clarinet
TCHAIKOVSKY: String Sextet in D Minor, op. 70, “Souvenir de Florence” ft. Chee-Yun, violin

Guest Artists: Chee-Yun, violin; Jonathan Gunn, clarinet; Aurelien Fort Pederzoli, Rose Armbrust, violas; Mara McLain, cello