My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the March 2, 2020 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates February 26-March 3. (Links lead to detailed listings on the New Yorker website.)
Bearthoven
Le Poisson Rouge; Feb. 27 at 7:30
Yes, this group looks like a jazz piano trio—and, in its way, it swings like one, too. This concert, the group's annual "new works" showcase, includes commissioned pieces by Michael Gordon and Shelley Washington, and the duo Popebama opens.
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center; Feb. 27 at 7:30, Feb. 28 at 2, Feb. 29 at 8
Franz Welser-Möst, music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, leads the Philharmonic in picturesque scores by Jörg Widmann and Richard Strauss.
Nicole Mitchell
The Jewish Museum; Feb. 27 at 7:30
Presented as part of Bang on a Can's series at the Jewish Museum, flutist, composer, and bandleader Nicole Mitchell collaborates with Chad Taylor on drums and Val Jeanty on electronics and percussion, in a trio called Matape.
Ecstatic Music
Merkin Hall; Feb. 29 at 7:30
Missy Mazzoli and Kelly Moran, creative, original keyboardist-composers who've forged idiosyncratic paths to global renown, share an Ecstatic Music program, playing individually and together. (You must click the link to see the swell cartoon.)
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