Hélène Grimaud returns to Music Hall

French pianist Hélène Grimaud returns to Music Hall this weekend for three performances, Thursday, January 18 at 7:30pm (complimentary dinner at 6:15pm in Music Hall Ballroom); Friday, January 19 at 10am; and Saturday, January 20 at 8pm.

On the program for this week: Verdi's Overture to I vespri siciliani; Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor; and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique.

Listen to Paavo's Notes via MP3 here. And read this week's Program Notes before you go. This program will air via streaming audio for the rest of the world on 90.9 FM, Classical WGUC on Sunday, March 4, at 7:30 pm ET.