Virtuosity shines most brilliantly in a thoughtful weekend a

There's nothing like sheer virtuosity in instantly relatable music to liven up the proceedings. In the weekend's Benedict Music Tent highlights, saxophonist Steven Banks brought a high-voltage jolt to Friday's Chamber Symphony with a new, crowd-pleasing concerto written for him. Then on Sunday, violinist Gil Shaham and the Festival Orchestra reveled in Eric Korngold's ear-soothing, frankly Romantic concerto, which Jascha Heifetz debuted in 1947.

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