In their final Menlo season, David Finckel and Wu Han program music that mattered — and musicians who make it matter again.
The festival, presented by American Bach Soloists, runs Aug. 5-9 at SF Conservatory of Music.
Angie Zhang says these pianos have souls. At SummerFest, she gives three of them the chance to speak.
The program included Polish mazurkas by Dvořák and Chopin, played on period instruments.
Andrew Megill has it both ways in Carmel, pairing pointed Bach cantatas with a candlelit collage of Rilke-inspired choral music.
