In 1893, Rachmaninoff spent a productive summer with friends at an estate in Kharkiv Oblast where he composed several pieces, including "Fantaisie-Tableaux" (aka Suite No. 1, Op. 5) and "Morceaux de salon" (Op. 10). In September, he published Six Songs (Op. 8), a group of songs set to translations by Aleksey Pleshcheyev of Ukrainian and German poems. Rachmaninoff returned to Moscow, where Tchaikovsky agreed to conduct "The Rock" for an upcoming European tour. During his subsequent trip to Kiev to conduct performances of "Aleko", he learned of Tchaikovsky's death from cholera. The news left Rachmaninoff stunned; later that day, he started work on his "Trio élégiaque" for piano, violin and cello as a tribute, which he completed within a month. The music's aura of gloom reveals the depth and sincerity of Rachmaninoff's grief for his idol. The piece debuted at the first concert devoted to Rachmaninoff's compositions on 31 January 1894.