Mirror Visions Ensemble and Chef Dan Barber

Soundcheck | Sep 7, 2010

From Bach’s Coffee Cantata to Leonard Bernstein's song "Plum Pudding," food and classical music have long intersected. Today, the Mirror Visions Ensemble join us to preview Richard Pearson Thomas's “know thy farmer,” a new cantata based on menus from chef Dan Barber 's Blue Hill restaurant.

Barber is a proponent of the "farm-to-table" philosophy, which encourages the use of ingredients from local farms, as well as from pastures and fields near the restaurant. He joins us by phone to talk about the piece (and the menus that inspired it).

The Mirror Visions Ensemble and executive chef Dan Barber will appear at Le Poisson Rouge on Monday, Sept. 13 at 6:30 p.m. More information here.

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