MMArtists at Grace Rainey Rogers
There was plenty of whooping and hollering at last Friday's chamber recital at Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Met. The occasion was the second of the MMArtists' three programs this season. The ensemble consisted of four men and one woman, and they had not quite worked out the dress code. Jennifer Frautschi wore a dressy dress and heels to match. She looked ready for a deluxe cocktail party, minus the jewelry. The men wore jackets but not ties, and, while they weren't quite scruffy, they were taking casualness to the point beyond which it slips into carelessness. I'm not sure whether we're in a transitional era or whether people are in a mood to experiment. There is a liberated, Sixties air. But there weren't any thirtysomethings playing Brahms at this level in the Sixties, I never heard them.
