Alan Cumming, Simon Callow, George Lewis, Vivaldi and More Come to The Met this February
By: Stephi Wild Jan. 16, 2018
Alan Cumming, Simon Callow, George Lewis, Vivaldi and more come to The Met this February. Check out more information about the upcoming programs below:
The Animals: Love Letters between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy
A dramatic reading by Alan Cumming and Simon Callow Tuesday, February 13, 7 pm
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
The Met Fifth Avenue
Tickets start at $45; Bring the Kids for $1 (ages 7-16). Simon Callow and Alan Cumming perform a dramatic reading of the emotional correspondence between the novelist and screenwriter, who shared their love through letters while daring to be openly gay in conservative mid-century Hollywood. Buy Tickets Now
Many Fathoms Deep: A Valentine from Alan Cumming Wednesday, February 14, 7 pm
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
The Met Fifth Avenue
Tickets start at $75 Alan Cumming pays bawdy tribute to St. Valentine with an evening of amour-themed song, spoken word, and special guests. Buy Tickets Now
Aizuri Quartet: Japan Across the World Friday, February 23, 7 pm
The Astor Court
The Met Fifth Avenue
Tickets start at $65; Bring the Kids for $1 (ages 7-16). Aizuri Quartet offers a sampling of Japanese composers who have developed distinct musical voices in different parts of the world. Japanese-Danish performer and composer Kojiro Umezaki, a member of Yo-Yo Ma's Grammy Award-winning Silk Road Ensemble, joins the quartet on shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese bamboo flute. Buy Tickets Now
The Gypsies in the Court Wednesday, February 28, 7 pm
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
The Met Fifth Avenue
Tickets start at $50; Bring the Kids for $1 (ages 7-16). The Baroque quartet Red Priest ponders the connections between gypsy musicians and the court composers of the 17th and 18th centuries, including Biber, Telemann, Handel, and Vivaldi. Buy Tickets Now
George Lewis: Assemblage Sunday, February 25, 2-3 pm
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
The Met Fifth Avenue
Free with Museum admission; advance registration is recommended. Composer, trombonist, and experimentalist George Lewis performs the New York debut of this composition with Ensemble Dal Niente. A talk with George Lewis and multimedia artist Camille Norment follows the performance. Register Now
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