Classical music
German violinist Christian Tetzlaff, who was stunning in a solo Bach recital here last month, returns to tackle another challenge, the Beethoven Violin Concerto. This musician, who plays a modern instrument that replaced a Stradivarius, always gives a well-reasoned interpretation to classic works and has championed the commission of several contemporary pieces as well.
German violinist
Christian Tetzlaff
, who was stunning in a solo Bach recital here last month, returns to tackle another challenge, the Beethoven Violin Concerto. This musician, who plays a modern instrument that replaced a Stradivarius, always gives a well-reasoned interpretation to classic works and has championed the commission of several contemporary pieces as well.
The conductor is Donald Runnicles, longtime music director of the San Francisco Opera. Besides the Beethoven, Runnicles has chosen two ravishing bookends: "Im Sommerwind" by 20-year-old Anton Webern and the mighty Brahms Fourth Symphony.
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Broad and Spruce streets, 8 p.m. Thursday and Jan. 9-10, plus 2 p.m. Jan. 11, $39-$125, 215-893-1999, www.philorch.org.
- Tom Di Nardo