Town Hall
123 West 43rd St. between Broadway & Sixth Ave.
November 18-19, $54-$74, 8:00
212-840-2824
www.raydavies.info
www.the-townhall-nyc.org
Ray Davies is on a very different kind of tour this time around, alternating between regular band shows and joining with local choirs to play the Kinks Choral Collection, ornate versions of such Kinks classics as “Waterloo Sunset,” “You Really Got Me,” “Celluloid Heroes,” “Village Green Preservation Society,” and “All Day and All of the Night.” Although the accompanying album, released in the United States last week, was recorded with North London’s Crouch End Festival Chorus, Davies and his band will be joined November 18-19 at Town Hall by the New York City-based Dessoff Chamber Choir, conducted by David Temple. Davies is always an entertaining sort of chap, in any guise, and it should be quite fascinating to see such familiar songs given a new life through these orchestrations. If you’re a purist, you can certainly wait for November 24, when Davies will be playing with his band at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, but these two orchestral shows should be something to remember.