I've been reading rave reviews of Mr. Lang's technique and musicality. On a related note, I very much enjoyed the recent BSO performance of another amazing young pianist, Arcadi Volodos. It's only a short walk, through an interesting part of town, from the Amtrak station to the symphony hall. Thanks for the travel tips. The BW Parkway at six o'clock for an eight o'clock concert isn't even enough time on some days.
Trains make sense.
I can't imagine any other musician who has been so successful for so long, both as a pianist and a conductor. And his efforts to keep the older, Furtwanglerian tradition of music-making alive in the face of the tremendous commercialism of the recording industry are quite heroic. This is especially true of his Beethoven symphony cycle with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Wow, it's finally happened. Daniel Barenboim has a fan.