WINTER SALON

Jacques Ibert’s effervescent Parisian Music Hall time capsule and contemporary Mexican composer Juan Trigos’ endearingly brash assimilation of high and low culture reveal a daring bent for the carefree, a trait most famously associated with their Classical forebear, Joseph Haydn. Indeed, even in his most heartfelt, psychologically complex symphonic narratives, The Master’s smile and wink are never far.