MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
7:30 PM

Baryshnikov Arts Center
450 West 37th Street, Hell's Kitchen, New York

$25
https://bacnyc.org/performances/performance/bac-salon-szymanowski-berio-debussy

What an appealing program!  Debussy's very nice (if not wholly characteristic) early String Quartet and one of Szymanowski's rarely heard works in that genre (certainly some of the most underrated string quartets of the last century), rich, fragrant, surprisingly more Impressionistic than Debussy's.  The two quartets surround Berio's Sequenza for solo voice, which simply has to be seen to be believed.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Recommending places in conjunction with the BAC is frustrating.  It's right across the street from one of the best restaurants in New York -- but you can't possibly combine a show with a lengthy (and stunningly expensive) tasting menu.  The surrounding neighborhood will soon become a dining mecca -- but the Hudson Yards development is still under construction.  For now, the best I can do is the cocktails and bar snacks at Ada's Place, upstairs from the inexplicably hot Legacy Records.