Argento Ensemble: Double Take

MUSIC
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 & 5, 2020
8:00 PM TUESDAY
7:00 PM WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY:  Areté Venue & Gallery
67 West Street #103, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
WEDNESDAY: Austrian Cultural Forum
11 East 52nd Street, Midtown, Manhattan

TUESDAY:  Suggested donation $20; $10 students/seniors
https://www.aretevenue.com/events
WEDNESDAY:  Free (with R.S.V.P.)
https://www.acfny.org/event/double-take/

In this fascinating program, the estimable Argento Ensemble presents two iterations each of two featured pieces:  Schoenberg's poignant, luminous Verklärte Nacht (presumably in its original luminous-with-a-bullet chamber version) and its virtually unknown, unfinished precursor, Totel Winkel ("blind spot") (don't count on ever having a chance to hear Totel Winkel again); and Erin Gee's Mouthpiece 29, for voice and three strings — which, after hearing Argento play behind her last year, Gee felt moved to enrich with more strings to form the brand new Mouthpiece 29c, world premiering tonight.  Vocalizing along with Gee will be the phenomenal Charmaine Lee!

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  TUESDAY in Greenpoint, nice basic bistro at Le Gamin.  WEDNESDAY in Midtown, I personally am very excited about the homey new bar menu at Aquavit.  Of course, if you want something fancier, you can eat from the lovely dinner menu in the dining room.