MUSIC

J’Nai Bridges

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2022
7:30 PM

92nd Street Y In Person & Live Stream
1395 Lexington Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan

$35-$50 in person; $20 age 40 and under in person; $25 live stream
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Mezzo J’Nai Bridges is a fabulous singer. Aided by pianist Mark Markham and the Catalyst Quartet, she sings some new Carlos Simon (what a powerful composer!) and new and newish Jimmy López (whose opera Bel Canto — Bridges was great in it — was maybe a little lush for my taste but you can’t deny its quality). But for once it’s the old stuff that’s of most interest here: Falla’s delightful Seven Popular Spanish Songs and John Carter’s Cantata. Cantata is amazing: Carter published only that one single work, but that spiritual-based composition is so good, so fine you’d wish you could hear it like daily.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, hugely enjoyable South African wine and food at Kaia Wine Bar. Streaming at home, have a Boulevardier: pour 1 oz. each of Bourbon, sweet Vermouth, and Campari into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe (you can also drink it over ice in an Old Fashioned glass). Garnish with a lemon twist.