Young German-English baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu were a sensation of San Francisco Performances' 2022-23 season. "Dynamic contrasts, from stormy fortissimos to whispery ...
There were passages of seriousness: Gustav Mahler’s dolorous opener, leavened by the sunny and saucy Alma Mahler that followed, and Reynaldo Hahn’s touchingly ingenuous take on Bach, “À Chloris”.