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San FranciscoScheherazade

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Habibi, Korngold, Rimsky-Korsakov
San Francisco Symphony; Tianyi Lu; María Dueñas

San FranciscoGaffigan Conducts Beethoven 9

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Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op.125
San Francisco Symphony; James Gaffigan; Jessica Faselt; Kelley O'Connor; Thomas Cooley; Peixin Chen

San FranciscoDenève Conducts Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony

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Connesson, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns
San Francisco Symphony; Stéphane Denève; Olivier Latry
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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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Bach-inspired Mendelssohn in San Francisco

An exquisite rendition of Mendelssohn's Lobgesang makes one wonder why the work is not part of the regular repertoire.
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MTT offers familiar and unfamiliar Stravinsky in San Francisco

In a program including both modernist and neoclassical works, Michael Tilson Thomas and the SFO emphasized the common traits characterizing Stravinsky's entire ouevre.
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A phenomenally multi-layered Mahler 3 in San Francisco

Michael Tilson Thomas, Sasha Cooke, and choristers from the Pacific Boychoir and San Francisco Chorus come together in a phenomenal performance of Mahler's all-encompassing Third Symphony. 
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San Francisco Symphony names Elim Chan as next Music Director

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The Hong Kong-born conductor joins the San Francisco Symphony as Music Director Designate, effective immediately, and begins her tenure as Music Director in September 2027.

Obituary: Michael Tilson Thomas

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Michael Tilson Thomas, the American conductor, composer and educator, has died at the age of 81.

Elim Chan: from Sorcerer’s Apprentice to Proms Queen

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The Hong Kong-born conductor talks about her entry into music, her love of big Russian repertoire, her “Cinderella moment” winning the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition and her ambition to “go against the grind”.