BROOKLYN, NY— Sitting under a canopy of trees, New Yorkers lay on blankets, sometimes just made of grass, melding with the sonic breeze humming through Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
That scene returns to the Cherry Esplanade as the garden’s annual Sound Bath welcomes Attacca Quartet for an outdoor performance built around music from the Grammy-winning album Evergreen, written with Caroline Shaw.
The ticketed event invites visitors to bring a mat or blanket, settle onto the lawn and spend the evening immersed in live strings beneath the night sky.
Rather than filling the garden with conversation, the performance transforms the space into a quiet listening experience where nature becomes part of the music.
“Most people just lie down on the grass,” Katie Pidgeon, Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s director of public programs, said. “They bring a yoga mat or a blanket, and you can just lie down and look up at the stars and enjoy a sort of quiet meditative performance.”
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