MARLBORO-Local chef and musician Jesse Lepkoff and harpsichordist John McKean will present a gourmet buffet and candlelit concert at Thrush Hill Stage, 314 Upper Houghton Rd., on Saturday, May 24. The buffet will be served at 5:30 p.m., and the candlelight concert will commence at 7 p.m.
Lepkoff is a Culinary Institute of America graduate. The buffet will include hors d'oeuvres and desserts and will be substantial enough to be a whole meal.
Menu items will include duck liver pâté, cornichons, homemade gravlax with cucumber, cashew chevre, summer savory, endive with celeriac remoulade, mini pizza crostini with anchovies and olive, ricotta salata, and galantine of duck with sauce Cumberland. Desserts will include almond torte, lemon tart, and flourless chocolate roll.
After the meal, audiences will hear music of four nations, with works by Handel, Purcell, Leclair, Geminiani, Loeillet, and others.
A variety of recorder sizes and the Baroque flute (traverso) will be paired with the harpsichord. "This recital will be a vibrant and historically informed interpretation of some of the 18th century's most evocative chamber music," said Lepkoff in a news release.
Visit thrushhillstage.com for more information. Tickets are $40, although their website notes this event is sold out.
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