Say It With Music: Upcoming Song and Dance Events
By Troy Segal
New York City lecture halls will be alive with the sound of music in the next few months, as speakers underscore their discussions with song and dance demonstrations.
May 20. Classical pianist Yefim Bronfman talks Beethoven’s piano concertos — he’ll be performing all five of them with the New York Philharmonic next month — and the Triple Concerto, with which he made his debut with the orchestra, 35 years ago. David Rubenstein Atrium, 7:30 p.m. (Photo: Dario Acosta)
May 28. One way or another, get over to see Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein discuss about the iconic band, celebrating its 40th anniversary and newly released CD, which will be available for purchase. 92nd Street Y, 8 p.m. (Photo: Mark Weiss)
June 2. Former Merce Cunningham Dance Company members Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener describe and demonstrate what they’ve been up to since the troupe disbanded, in a conversation hosted by ex-New York City Ballet principal Damian Woetzel. Barbara and David Zalaznick Studio, 130 W. 56th St., 6:30 p.m., $20.
June 3. It’s always delightful, delicious and delovely, listening to the songs of Cole Porter. Cabaret star Harvey Granat performs, with proffered insights into the composer’s life. 92nd Street Y, noon.
June 7. The public radio show This American Life stages several mini-musicals and stories, including one by Broadway composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights). Brooklyn Academy of Music, 7:30 p.m.
June 11. Join a neuroscientist, an architect and a theologian as they celebrate musician Arvo Pärt, discussing the transformative power of his works in a cabaret-style program. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 6:00 p.m.
June 19. A trio of Chinese-born opera singers raise their thrilling voices in praise of Western classical music. Asia Society and Museum, 6:30 p.m.
July 14. Delve deeply into the ever-fresh score of West Side Story, with this program that describes the making of the Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim masterpiece. 92nd Street Y, 12:00 p.m.