Once in a while – more often than I'd like, unfortunately – I'll receive details for an eminently worthy, possibly mind-blowing event juuussstt ever so slightly too late to pitch it for possible inclusion in the Goings On About Town section at the New Yorker, where I beat the drum for such events on a near-weekly basis. Here's a textbook illustration: I recently got a note from Andrew Kozar, trumpeter for loadbang, a busy new-music ensemble well-loved in New York City and points far afield, providing notice of an upcoming concert that just happened to fall during a range of dates already done and dusted.

Now, loadbang is a genius group, as indeed you'd have to be, were you to contemplate making at least part of your living in an ensemble comprising baritone voice, bass clarinet, trumpet, and trombone, a conglomeration that makes Louis Andriessen's Hout lineup seem mundane by comparison. Seriously, there's plenty of recorded evidence attesting to how brilliant this quartet is; you really don't need to take my world for it.

Thing is, pretty much all of the recorded evidence attests to how well the group's four members – Kozar, baritone Jeffrey Gavett, trombonist William Lang, and until recently bass clarinetist Carlos Cordeiro – play together in an almost wholly bespoke canon. That's part of what makes the concert the group is presenting on Wednesday, February 26, at 8pm such a big deal. Titled "Plays Well with Others," the program features new pieces for loadbang and a string ensemble, by Eve Beglarian, Reiko Füting, Paula Matthusen, Heather Stebbins, and Scott Wollschleger. The opportunity to hear loadbang – including the quartet's newest arrival, clarinetist Adrián Sandí – working with other musicians is so rare and unusual, you really wouldn't want to pass it up.

Another part of what makes this concert special: did I mention it includes music by Eve Beglarian, Reiko Füting, Paula Matthusen, Heather Stebbins, and Scott Wollschleger? That is a killer lineup.

One more part of what makes this concert special is the string ensemble. You've got Christopher Otto, Erica Dicker, Conrad Harris, Lauren Cauley Kalal, Andie Springer, and Teagan Farran on violins. The viola section is Hannah Levinson, Carrie Frey, and Leah Asher. Mariel Roberts and Alan Richardson are the cellists, and Evan Runyon plays bass. Steve Beck lends a couple of hands on piano, and Eduardo Leandro conducts.

So, yeah, if you've read this far, then either you should think very seriously about heading waaayy uptown to the Hebrew Tabernacle of Washington Heights (551 Fort Washington Ave., at 185th St.) on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 8pm, or else you knew about the concert already and you're already planning to be there. If you're in the former category, tickets are available here.

But just in case your disbelief requires suspension, here's proof positive loadbang plays well with others: a video of the group performing Tarantism by Taylor Brook – whose Ouaricon Songs: Volume 2 is included on the quartet's most recent album, old fires catch old buildings – with the Beyond Orchestra, at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Music Hall in 2018.