MUSIC
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2019
1:00 & 3:30 PM

Les Arts Florissants: Responsories for Maundy Thursday: The Sacred Madrigals of Carlo Gesualdo
Fuentidueña Chapel, The Cloisters
99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan

$65-$85
https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/fy20-carlo-gesualdo

Carlo Gesualdo wrote some of the most chromatically weird — disturbing, almost — music of the Italian Baroque. Which I guess makes sense, since when Gesualdo wasn't composing he was engaging in activities such as adultery, sposal abuse, and murder. The World's Greatest Baroque Vocal Ensemble will bring this odd music to life (although we'll have to "settle" for Paul Agnew as conductor rather than the venerable Willliam Christie). These shows are sold out, but see if anything pops up.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Elsa la Reina del Chicharron (Broadway at Academy Street branch): her kingdom is where I wanna be.