MUSIC

Belladonna feat. Laura Haimes: Rhythm and Verse: An Exploration of Pulse through Music and Poetry

THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2023
1:15 PM

Gotham Early Music Festival Midtown Concerts
St. Malachy’s Church In Person & Live Stream
239 West 49th Street, Midtown, Manhattan

Free
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Belladonna’s intent here is to “correct” the underappreciation of rhythmic pulse as an element of Baroque music. I have to say that I don’t think it’s underappreciated; to the contrary, I think it’s one of the two or three primary reasons the Baroque Revival gained so much traction with Rock listeners 50 years ago, beckoning many of us into classical music.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, I’m not gonna even tell you what El Mil Sabores puts on their Torta Loca sandwich. You have to see it for yourself. Streaming at home, have a Rhythm and Soul: coat a chilled Old Fashioned glass with Absinthe. Pour 1-1/1 oz. Bourbon, and 1/2 oz. each of sweet Vermouth and Averna, with 4 dashes of Angostura bitters, into an ice-filled cocktail. Stir. Strain into the coated Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.