Classical picks: Mitsuko Uchida, Sibelius, Poulenc Trio
Mark your calendars, classical fans — this week brings two events featuring pianist Mitsuko Uchida. Also of note: Sibelius at the Symphony, and the Poulenc Trio with special guest Shawnette Sulker.
Uchida times 2: The sublime pianist Mitsuko Uchida returns as Cal Performances' Artist in Residence Sunday afternoon, joining tenor Mark Padmore in a performance of Schubert's “Winterreise” in the intimate Hertz Hall. Next Sunday, she'll appear as soloist with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in a program featuring works by Mozart and the U.S. premiere of a chamber orchestra arrangement of Jörg Widmann's String Quartet No. 2, “Choralquartett.”
Details: 3p.m. Sunday at Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley; 3 p.m. March 24 at Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley, $73-$210; calperformances.org.
Music of his homeland: San Francisco Symphony music director EsaPekka Salonen conducts an all-Sibelius program this week, featuring the Finnish composer's breakthrough composition, the Symphony No. 1, and his beloved “Finlandia.” Completing the program is Sibelius's Violin Concerto, with special guest Lisa Batiashvili as soloist.
Details: 2 p.m. today, 7:30 Friday and Saturday; Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco; $25-$225; sfsymphony.org.
Cool at Kohl: Music@Kohl Mansion welcomes the Poulenc Trio with the world premiere of a new arrangement of songs by the group's namesake, French composer Francis Poulenc, as well as works by Rossini, Viet Cuong, and Duke Ellington. The trio — Irina Kaplan Lande on piano, Aleh Remezau on oboe and Bryan Young on bassoon — will be joined by with soprano Shawnette Sulker. Details: 7 p.m. Sunday; Kohl Mansion, Burlingame; $25-$58; musicatkohl.org, poulenctrio.org.
The Poulenc Trio comes to Kohl Mansion in Burlingame on Sunday to perform a new program featuring works by Poulenc as well as Rossini, Viet Cuong and Duke Ellington. Soprano Shawnette Sulker will join.