Gustavo Gimeno returned to Roy Thomson Hall Friday as music-director-to-be, handily establishing his basic qualifications, but leaving certain larger questions unanswered.
Under the baton of guest conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens, Jan Lisiecki and the TSO make a convincing case for a poetic approach to Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1.
The ingredients, Sunday afternoon, were there: Koerner Hall, a big crowd, a program of late Beethoven and an American pianist of high repute, Richard Goode, who had the wherewithal to realize the glories of this special repertory. Most of the time.