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The Arts Intel Report

Sō Percussion and Friends: A Century of Percussion

December 7, 2019
881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA

Zankel Hall, retrofitted into underground space that was once occupied by an art movie house, has much to recommend it: comfortable seating, an interior that is easy on the eyes, and a lively acoustic. Yet as a chamber venue within Carnegie Hall, it has one drawback: the rumble of the subway trains that pass below. A quartet whose stock in trade is hitting things (percutere: to hit, to strike) seems just the team to make this problem go away—not that their offerings will necessarily exclude material requiring a gentler touch. —M.G.