MUSIC

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2024
8:00 PM

Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall
154 West 57th Street, Midtown, Manhattan

$64
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Jessie Montgomery is, in this List’s estimation, the best Western classical composer for string instruments around right now. So a new solo violin piece from her is something to be excited about. STUPID DEFINITIVE HYPERBOLIC ASSERTION ALERT: Debussy’s Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp is the best piece of Western classical chamber music written in the 20th Century. Reis’s reduction of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony for piano quartet is, dare I say, not as good as the original (although it does make it easier to hear how strange this music must have sounded when it was new).

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Gabriel’s lost a lot of its charm when it moved to its new Central Park South location. But they can still fix a proper Martini, I’ll tell you that.