Picasso Ensemble Performs at the Sesnon House

Picasso Ensemble Performs at the Historic Sesnon House on Sunday, October 23, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Cabrillo College campus, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA.

Musical Highlights include the Dvo?ák Piano Trio in Bb major. This dynamic work includes movements with a beautiful lament, a scherzo dance and showcases his robust and soaring themes that capture his true Czech flavor

American composer Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs create delicate and poignant musical postcards from Hebrew poems presented to him by his wife, soprano Hila Plitmann.

Picasso Ensemble will premier a new trio composed in 2016 by John Robinson. This is his third piano trio composed expressly for Picasso Ensemble. Entitled “Disco-cioso” the crossover work draws from the worlds of disco, blues, and jazz. A native New Yorker, Robinson is a multi-gifted composer, jazz bassist, cellist, and recorder virtuoso Picasso Ensemble will perform “Disco-cioso” again on January 28th and 29th at the annual benefit concerts of music by African American Composers at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto.

Performers: Susan C. Brown, violin, Victoria Ehrlich, cello, Jodi Gandolfi, piano, Wendy Hillhouse, mezzo-soprano

Advanced tickets: cabrillovapa.com
$15, General/ $8 Students and Seniors/ $7 Cabrillo SAC card