Orchestra of St. Luke's: The Cello in Motion

MUSIC
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020
6:30 PM

Temple Emanu-El Live Stream

Free (with registration)
https://streicker.nyc/current-season/fall-2020/orchestra-of-st-lukes-the-cello-in-motion

Continuing their joint tradition of good programs with horrible names, the Orchestra of St. Lukes and NYC's richest synagogue present a solo cello piece by Jamaican-in-London composer Eleanor Alberga, another of those composers who's all of a sudden seeing herself programed all the time — but good for her (and us!). Here music is Mainstream Modern — but none the worse for that — occasionally laced with Jamaican vernacular — and all the better for that. Rounding out the program is one of the very greatest pieces in the White European Male chamber tradition, Schubert's Cello Quintet: endless melodic invention and formal surprises, music that stays in your mind like forever, popping up at stray moments to tantalize and inspire you. No shit: it's really THAT good.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The Italian Job: pour 3/4 oz. each of Jamaican Rum, Cocchi Americano, Aperol, and Byrrh, with 2 dashes of orange bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. The recipe tells you to express an orange peel into the drink, discard the orange peel, and garnish with a (get this) dehydrated orange wheel. Those of us who don't happen to have any dehydrated orange wheels lying around might consider garnishing with the orange peel instead.