Conductor Mario Venzago energizes Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Swiss conductor Mario Venzago has been a regular guest of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for 20 years, and its concert Saturday at Strathmore was full of affection and camaraderie. Venzago, in his late 60s, is an elfin, spirited presence who conducts like a kid in a candy shop, darting this way and that, always finding something more interesting around the corner. While this can be tiring after a while to those of us who admire music's architecture and broader outlines, the energy is admirable...