Critics’ picks
Boston Symphony Orchestra - Radiant mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and elegant pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet join the orchestra and music director James Levine for this opening night all-Ravel program, which includes “Shéhérazade,” the Piano Concerto in G, and the Second Suite from “Daphnis et Chloé.” The program repeats Friday and Saturday without Graham but with the complete “Daphnis et Chloé”, and with “Pavane for a Dead Princess”
replacing “Shéhérazade.” Thursday at 6:30 p.m., Symphony Hall, 617-266-1200 or bso.org.
Stephen Drury - Admirers of this fine local pianist and new-music firebrand will want to catch his midday performance of Frederic Rzewski’s extraordinary work, “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!,” a highly theatrical and fiendishly difficult set of variations on a Chilean protest song. Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., Wellesley College, Jewett Auditorium, Free. 781-283-2028 or www.wellesley.edu.
- Jeremy Eichler
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