I’m looking forward to seeing my friends at Le Salon de Musiques in beautiful La Jolla, where the musical feast will include Schubert’s always delightful  “Trout” Quintet. And, true to the Salon spirit, Artistic Director François Chouchan has spiced up the program with two surprising entrees: Hummel’s Piano Quintet in E-flat Major and a Sonata for string quartet by Rossini!

The energetic Webern Quartet (violinists Benjamin Hoffman and Chiai Tajima, violist Alex Granger, and cellist Stella Cho) will be joined by Aaron Blick on double bass and pianist Chi-Jo Lee.

As always, the magic of this series is the combination of intimate musical performance, interactive education, and great food and drink! As musicological “co-host,” I offer some introductory remarks on the program and moderate the post-concert Q&A with the artists, champagne glass in hand!