MUSIC
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
8:00 PM

Cary Hall, DiMenna Center
450 West 37th Street, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

$20; $15 students/seniors
http://ekmeles.com/wp/2018/08/ekmeles-and-friends/

This is a big week for fans of soprano Stephanie Lamprea.  Last night she sang at Areté Venue and Gallery as part of the Unbridled ensemble; here she (along with fellow list favorite Charlotte Mundy) sings with the ace New Music choir Ekmeles.  The program is a really good one, featuring works by plausible candidate for Greatest Living Composer Kaija Saariaho; local percussion hero Nathan Davis; Irish sonic explorer Ann Cleare (I'm really liking her stuff these days); and the fascinating Austrian pasticheur Bernhard Lang.  Among the titular "friends" participating in the concert is Jacob Greenberg on celesta; include a celesta in your instrumentation and I'll be there almost automatically.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Ada's Place is the cocktail bar upstairs from Legacy Records.  It has a better vibe and better drinks than downstairs -- and I like the simple American snacks upstairs better, too.