Red letter days

For those readers who are in New York but don't give lots of money for free intermission coffee at Met performances:* it turns out that recitals by participants in the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program (whose alums include Ms. Radvanovsky and Mr. Polenzani) are, this spring at least, being duplicated about a week in advance at the Goethe-Institut New York.

[* That is, participate in the company's Patron Program, of which the regular Lindemann recitals are a nice perk.]

Check it out: you may hear something amazing. Or less so, but it's only $20.