Buchbinder's stop at our studio was just a few hours before his performance of a BeethovenPianoConcerto at Symphony Hall with the Dresden Staatskapelle.
Alfred Brendel, an Austrian pianist, received great acclaim for his recital on the opening night and again, three days later, when he played Beethoven's PianoConcerto No 5 to a packed house.
On May 19 at Carnegie Hall, Mr. Levine will conduct the Met Orchestra in a program that will include the prelude to Act I of Wagner's "Lohengrin, " Beethoven's PianoConcerto No. 4, featuring piano soloist Evgeny Kissin, and Schubert's Symphony No. 9.