MUSIC

Bach Collegium Japan feat. Roderick Williams

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2023
3:00 PM

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

$35-$50 in person; $25 live stream
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Remember when period-instrument bands were with some justification ragged on for imprecise ensemble and iffy intonation? Well, you just have to hear the Bach Collegium Japan to know what amazing precision can now be achieved (which isn’t, I hasten to add, at the expense of passion and expressiveness). This afternoon they’re joined by the fabulous baritone Roderick Williams, who’s going to sing Bach’s almost painfully resigned Ich habe genug. There’s some Telemann (more popular than Bach during their lifetimes — which goes to show you), too — and you don’t get to hear Janitsch every day.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, lovely neighborhood Italian at Sfoglia. Streaming at home, have a Cantarita: rim a Collins glass with salt. Pour in 1-1/2 oz. Tequila and 1/2 oz. each of orange, lemon, and lime juice over ice. Top with grapefruit soda. Garnish with your choice of an orange, lemon, or lime wedge.