MUSIC
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2018
7:30 PM

Baryshnikov Arts Center
450 West 37th Street, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

$25
https://bacnyc.org/performances/performance/ymusic

yMusic is as accomplished and listener-friendly a New Music ensemble as you could hope for.  Here the work they're plugging is a world premiere by accredited composer/rock star Bryce Dessner.  I find his classical music uninspired -- but then I find his band boring as all get-out.  But look what else is on the bill:  pieces by Andrew Norman (another of the most talked about young composers out there), Nico Muhly (who of course has an opera premiering at the Met this week), Gabriel Kahane (who does manage to be good at both pop and classical), and up-and-comer Gabriella Smith!

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  You wouldn't expect a brewpub to have decent Greekish food.  But Death Avenue does.