Picasso and Prokofiev

Sunday, January 26, 2014

2:00pm
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, CT

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Program

Erwin Schulhoff Concertino for Flute, Viola and Double Bass
Manuel de Falla  Concerto for Harpsichord & Chamber Ensemble
Igor Stravinsky Pour Pablo Picasso
Sergei Prokofiev Quintet, Op. 39

Performers

Leonid Sigal, violin
Additional Musicians TBA

Picasso and Prokofiev takes its inspiration from the four paintings by Picasso in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum, representing his evolving artistic styles. Sunday Serenades chamber music concerts are presented in collaboration with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art’s special exhibitions and permanent collections. Concerts take place in the museum galleries and feature Concertmaster Leonid Sigal and Hartford Symphony Orchestra musicians.

PreConcert Talk

Wadsworth Atheneum Curator of European Paintings and Sculpture, Oliver Tostmann, will give a brief pre-concert talk about the museum’s Picassos before the concert. The talk will begin at 1:00 p.m.in the Aetna Theater.

Sponsors

The Saunders Foundation Music Endowment at the Wadsworth Atheneum

Artwork credit

Pablo Picasso, The Painter, 1934
Oil on canvas
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection, 1953.215