MUSIC
SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019
12:00 PM

J. Charpentier: 72 Études Karnatiques
Giusy Caruso
Spectrum
70 Flushing Avenue, Garage A, Fort Greene, Brooklyn

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

Jacques Charpentier studied under Messiaen, who famously incorporated Hindu classical music into his own blend, and collaborated with the great French historian/musicologist of India, Alain Daniélou.  So it's not surprising that Charpentier's chef de ouevre is a three-hour set of piano études tracing the 72 ragas of the Carnatic system.  You never get to hear these played live.  One recent afternoon, when I sat myself down to listen to this very pianist's fine recording of this work, my mind was well and truly blown.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Of course you're either going to precede or follow this recital with a visit to Russ & Daughters at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.