To the “Three Bs” of the classical pantheon — Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms — pianist Hélène Grimaud makes a strong case for the addition of a fourth: The composer, pianist, and conductor Ferruccio ...
Schnabel quipped, “My recitals are boring both before and after intermission.” What the great pianist meant was, he played serious pieces throughout his program, not offering crowd-pleasers at the end ...
Consolation and communion are this concert's common themes. Conductor Kazuki Yamada leads the SF Symphony and Chorus in Fauré's tenderly radiant and humane Requiem, an underrated stunner. Hailed for ...