Chamber music for violin, cello and piano by two Jewish composers: Felix Mendelssohn – grandson of Moses Mendelssohn, founder of Haskalah “the Jewish Enlightenment” – and Sonoma State Music Professor and Director of Jewish Studies, Brian S. Wilson. Selections will include one of Mendelssohn’s Piano Trios; Wilson’s “Alchunun” for Piano Trio; and “Jumping in the Bay” for solo violin.
Randall Weiss, violin
Victoria Erlich, cello
Marilyn Thompson, piano
The Bridge Players include Randall Weiss and Leslie Ludena (violins), Natalia Vershilova (viola), Victoria Ehrlich (cello), and Marilyn Thompson (piano). The Players reside in the San Francisco Bay Area and regularly perform chamber music throughout Northern California. Since 2001, they have been ensemble-in-residence for Music in the Mishkan, a chamber music series at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav in San Francisco.
For more information about the Bridge Players, go to http://thebridgeplayers.com/
