Though there are fewer big presenters in the South Bay, you don't have to trek north to find great artists playing seriously entertaining music. Here are a few best bets in the San Jose-Palo Alto area.
A last-minute substitution at Menlo and a change of programming fares for the better with late works by Brahms and Chopin played by pianist (and replacement) Jeffrey Kahane and the members of the Emerson Quartet.