Peter Serkin's brief, four-concert Perspectives had many wonderful things, too, despite Mr. Serkin's unfortunately timed indisposition.
Mr. Aimard ended his seven-concert Perspectives series on Friday night at Zankel Hall with a solo program titled "Collages-Montages".
At 7 30 p.m., Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800, carnegiehall.org; $25 and $37. (Allan Kozinn) ★ Budapest Festival Orchestra (Friday and Saturday) This season the searching pianist Andras Schiff is focusing on Bartok in his 11-concert Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall.
By chance, both institutions have scheduled concerts on that day, and both concerts explore perspectives on America that are framed, implicitly or explicitly, by views of Europe.
But Mr. Kremer's tastes and talents are nothing if not diverse, as shown in his varied four-concert Perspectives partnership with Carnegie Hall.
Filmed using 360 degree cameras on a circular stage surrounded by a 170 piece orchestra, it gives the viewer options to view the concert from different perspectives as Beck covers David Bowie's "Sound and Vision".
The Perspectives concerts by the pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim have been straddling the boundary.
They close the Carnegie Hall season with a round of "Perspectives" concerts, with the quartets of Beethoven at their core.
They close the Carnegie Hall season with a round of "Perspectives" concerts, centering on Beethoven, which begins this week.
Beginning next April, Mr. Veloso will be the latest artist to program a series of Perspectives concerts at Carnegie Hall.
In the third of its Perspectives concerts, on Tuesday, the energy and sparkle of its early sound were back.
