On Feb. 20, the day before Riccardo Chailly conducts the first of
two concerts with Leipzig’s venerable Gewandhaus Orchestra at Davies Symphony Hall, he will turn 57.
His return to San Francisco will come 33 years after his participation in a historic event that took place in the War Memorial Opera House:
As the Philharmonia Baroque announces its 30th anniversary season today, Music Director Nicholas McGegan ponders the then and now of the orchestra in terms unexpected from the renowned leader of a
