As Wagner’s 200th birthday approaches, one of his interpreters, the German conductor Christian Thielemann, is in the process of scaling back the excess in his own life.
The Young Concert Artists showcased three of its gifted musicians — the violinist Bella Hristova, and the pianists Benjamin Moser and Louis Schwizgebel — who played concertos with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Alice Tully Hall.
The pianist Yuja Wang, whose petite frame contrasts with her forceful playing, performed lush post-Romantic works and a Lowell Liebermann piece on Thursday at Carnegie Hall.
The pianist Christopher Taylor performed “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!,” along with Bach works, in “Keyboard Practice,” at Miller Theater.