MUSIC

Opera Lafayette: Couperin le Grand

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2023
7:00 PM

The Kosciuszko Foundation
15 East 65th Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan

$36-$101
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Superstar French harpsichordist Christophe Rousset leads a vocal/chamber recital centering on a newly-discovered cantata(!) by the great François Couperin. French Baroque music is exquisite to the point where it almost feels like you’re being tickled to death; nothing is approached directly, everything is abstracted, everything has a level of prettiness raised so high you can hardly comprehend how pretty it is. This music is pure pleasure.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:   Daniel is on the next block. It’s expensive and no longer great (and no longer of any relevance whatsoever to NYC dining culture). You can eat at the bar.