MUSIC
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2019
8:00 PM

Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus
Gabriel Zucker
Modern Piano (+) Festival
Spectrum
70 Flushing Avenue, Garage A, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

$15; $10 students/seniors
http://www.spectrumnyc.com/site/calendar.php

Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jesus (which, despite what you might think, does NOT mean "Give My Regards to Baby Jesus") is one of Messiaen's greatest works, a solo piano piece meditating at length (like, for two hours) on the infancy of Jesus.  It sounds like absolutely nothing else (except other Messiaen).  Even non-believers will be transported.  One is eager to hear what jazz/classical/pop composer Gabriel Zucker will sound like in this.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  After all that time contemplating the infant Jesus, stop into Walter's for some American food and drink.