LINCOLN CENTER

The Appel Room
Fred Hersch & Friends - Intimate Moments

It was a wonderful evening.  There was a small reception in which 14 people got to spend about 30 minutes with Doug Hosney, the man who runs all of the venues at Jazz at Lincoln Center.  He's from Kansas and just a decent, great guy.

Fred Hersch is a very talented, gentle man.  Here you can hear his encore.

Encore by Fred Hersch...

The other musicians that played with Hersch were also just wonderful.  We are swimming in a sea of talent.

"Mr. Hersch, a sensitive and lyrical pianist, has cultivated a tradition of inquisitive duologue, often over the course of a club booking. This weekend he’ll take that premise to a grander setting, working with two younger virtuosi, the clarinetist Anat Cohen and the guitarist Julian Lage. Opening each concert is one of Mr. Hersch’s accomplished former piano students, Sullivan Fortner, with Stefon Harris on vibraphone."

Acclaimed pianist and composer Fred Hersch has put forth some of the most arrestingly beautiful solo and trio projects in the last ten years. To that, add the most gorgeous backdrop in New York City via The Appel Room, and you’ve got the recipe for an evening of unmatched elegance. The eight-time GRAMMY® Award nominee enlists a multigenerational ensemble of world-class players in a variety of combinations, including several intimate duos. At the start of the show, Sullivan Fortner – Hersch’s protégé and winner of the 2015 Cole Porter Fellowship – will perform both solo and in duet with vibraphonist extraordinaire Stefon Harris. Hersch will then take the stage for the rest of the evening, treating audiences to one of his renowned solo performances as well as duets with two exemplary musicians: clarinetist Anat Cohen and guitarist Julian Lage. It’s “You and the Night and the Music” on one of the most sensuous evenings of the season.

Here you can hear Fred Hersch...

From our seats you are sitting in the Appel Theater at Columbus Circle in the Time Warner Building looking eastward down 59th toward 5th Avenue.  Central Park is to the left of 59th while Midtown is to the right.  We often walk down Broadway, or another Avenue, from 59th to our apartment on 32nd.  Or we simply go down into the subway station under Columbus Circle and ride 3 stops until we get to Greeley Plaza which is 32nd Street where we live.