In their final Menlo season, David Finckel and Wu Han program music that mattered — and musicians who make it matter again.
Angie Zhang says these pianos have souls. At SummerFest, she gives three of them the chance to speak.
Conor Hanick approaches every score, old or new, as a mystery waiting to be solved.
The program included Polish mazurkas by Dvořák and Chopin, played on period instruments.
Grief, defiance, and humor honor trans lives in full classical splendor.