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Repetition as evolution: MTT and San Francisco Symphony bring Schubert and Mahler to NYC

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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 14 April 2016
Schubert, Symphony no. 8 in B minor "Unfinished", D.759
Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor
Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano
Simon O'Neill, Tenor
Full symphonic grandeur from Salonen and the SF Symphony
****1
Finnish footprints in San Francisco: Salonen conducts Sibelius
****1
Hail and farewell: MTT’s last Mahler in San Francisco
****1
Bach-inspired Mendelssohn in San Francisco
****1
MTT offers familiar and unfamiliar Stravinsky in San Francisco
****1
A phenomenally multi-layered Mahler 3 in San Francisco
*****
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