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A Webby nomination for the San Francisco Symphony

The celebration of the Centennial Season of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) has occupied much of my attention on my San Francisco site; but,...
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The San Francisco Symphony centennial on DVD

At the beginning of this month, SFS Media, the media distribution division of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS), released San Francisco Symphony at...
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Organist Cameron Carpenter’s spring touring plans for the United States

The Dallas Morning News has declared organist Cameron Carpenter to be “the most controversial organist alive;” but this may just be the...
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Thoughts about the new John Adams recording from the San Francisco Symphony

Tomorrow the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) will release its latest hybrid SACD recording on its own SFS Media label consisting of two compositions...
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The San Francisco Symphony American Mavericks tour

I moved from Singapore to the San Francisco Bay Area in August of 1995, arriving just in time for the beginning of the tenure of Michael Tilson...
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Tanglewood to look to the past and the future

On August 5, 1937 the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) gave its first concert inside a vast tent on the grounds of an estate in the Berkshires known...
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International recognition for the Mahler ‘Keeping Score’ project

A little over a month ago I wrote about Mahler: Origins and Legacy, four hours of video content on DVD released as the latest Keeping Score project...
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Learning about Mahler through four hours of video

Mahler: Origins and Legacy, the latest Keeping Score project from Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony received its local premiere...
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Is Mahler’s ninth beyond comprehension?

This past Thursday and Friday Gustav Mahler’s ninth symphony received only two performances by the San Francisco Symphony, under the baton of...
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Two (almost) new recordings from the San Francisco Symphony

At the beginning of last February, the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas released two new CDs on their own SFS Media label...
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