MUSIC
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2019
7:30 PM

Sō Percussion and Friends: A Percussion Century
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
881 7th Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan

$38-$48
https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2019/12/07/S333-Percussion-and-Friends-0730PM

A real Percussion's Greatest Hits night. Sō Percussion, on of the best bands in the U.S. if you ask me, and a gaggle of musician friends play an intriguing program of percussion-based music starting with Varèse in the 1920s to Chávez in the early-mid 20th Century and moving through Cage and Xenakis to Steve Reich to David Lang and Julia Wolfe to the wonderful young composer Dan Trueman. Also in the mix from the earlier part of the last century is Johanna Beyer, who almost never gets played — but mark my words, that's gonna change.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: There'll be a party going on at Cuban favorite Guantanamera.