MUSIC

Ortiz the Musician

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
7:30 PM

Church of the Advent Hope In Person & Live Stream
111 East 87th Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan

Free
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As I’ve said before, Latin American Baroque is some of the most vivaciously enjoyable music around — until you think about the sociohistorical implications. This piece, interspersing composed sections among improvisations, and experimental passages among passages evoking the Baroque, addresses those issues head on, using an obscure minor musician/conquistador as a handle. To give you a sense of the quality of the project, the composers (who will also be playing) include Vicente Hansen Atria (as far as I’m concerned the new composer of last season) and the wild experimental Mexican trumpet player Wilfrido Terrazas. In addition to them and several others, the players include violinist Miranda Cuckson (always a signifier of quality) and Contemporary/Baroque cellist Coleman Itzkoff.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: In person, the opposite of Latin American food at the Heidelberg Restaurant. Streaming at home, have a Paloma: wet the rim of a Collins glass with lime and then rim with salt. Add ice. Pour in 2 oz. Blanco or Reposado Tequila and 1/4-1/2 oz. lime juice. Top with grapefruit soda.