February 26, 2011
Vienna Philharmonic at Zellerbach
Powerful—and anachronistic
The Vienna Philharmonic came to Zellerbach Hall for three days in an unprecedented residency February 25 – 27.
These were old-school Austrians with names like Johannes, as in Johannes Brahms, or Johann, as in Strauss or Bach. And there were seven Wolfgangs, as in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Their recordings are masterful, but in their group picture there are only three women and no people of color among a hundred and thirty...