Julian Sitkovetsky plays Heinrich Ernst Etude No.6, “the Last Rose of Summer“

Julian Sitkovetsky (1925-1958), the great Russian violinist. Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812- 1865), Moravian-Jewish violinist and composer. Polyphonic Etude No.6, in G major Variations on “the Last Rose of Summer“ Recorded in 1956 “The Last Rose of Summer“ is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, Sir John Stevenson set the poem to widely known Irish melody. “The last rose of summer“ - by Thomas Moore ’Tis the last rose of summer, Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded