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Performer: San Francisco Symphony

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San FranciscoOpening Gala

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Adams, Tchaikovsky, Respighi
San Francisco Symphony; Jaap van Zweden; Yuja Wang

San FranciscoGaffigan conducts Gershwin & Ellington

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Simon, Gershwin, Ellington
San Francisco Symphony; James Gaffigan; Hélène Grimaud

San FranciscoRunnicles conducts Mahler 1

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Berg, Mahler
San Francisco Symphony; Sir Donald Runnicles; Irene Roberts
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Full symphonic grandeur from Salonen and the SF Symphony

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Sayaka Shoji and Salonen remain in close dialogue in a riveting performance of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto. 
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Finnish footprints in San Francisco: Salonen conducts Sibelius

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As the news breaks that Esa-Pekka Salonen will be leaving at the end of his San Francisco Symphony tenure, he conducts the music of his fellow Finn, Jean Sibelius. 
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Hail and farewell: MTT’s last Mahler in San Francisco

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After 50 years of performances with the San Francisco Symphony, including a quarter-century tenure as Music Director, Michael Tilson Thomas chooses Mahler’s Fifth Symphony for his final subscription concert. 
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Michael Tilson Thomas announces withdrawal from concert performances

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The conductor stated that his Glioblastoma tumour has returned, commenting “the odds are uncertain”. His 80th birthday performance with the San Francisco Symphony in April will be his last.