Blomstedt has been having a productive reunion with the San Francisco Symphony, leading his old ensemble for two weeks as part of the orchestra's centennial season. And what better way to go out than with the music of Bruckner? Wednesday's rendition of...

You get back on that familiar podium and everything snaps right into place as if no time had passed. That, at any rate, was the impression left by the San Francisco Symphony's beguiling concert in Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday afternoon under...

Blomstedt has seven grandchildren of his own, so he speaks with a certain authority when he compares the position of conductor laureate - which he has held with the San Francisco Symphony since the advent in 1995 of Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas...

Nothing in the evening's beginning pointed to such a lovely destination. The recorded announcement reminded Verizon Hall patrons to silence their electronic pacifiers. Philadelphia Orchestra guest conductor Herbert Blomstedt mounted the podium, and a...

Theater Professional/semi-professional Azuka Theatre Spotlight Series: What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends New comedy exploring friendship & romance in today's world. Closes 1/23. First Baptist Church, 123 S. 17th St. www.azukatheatre.org. Free. ...

At age 84, conductor Herbert Blomstedt has conducted throughout Europe and the United States with inspired solidity for a half century. And, like Sawallisch in his final Philadelphia years, the professorial Blomstedt isn't fading into old-age...