In more than 230 concerts a year, the San Francisco Symphony, led by Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, continues to set the highest possible standard for excellence in orchestral performance and shape the cultural life of the Bay Area.
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- Schumann's Cello Concerto
Davies Symphony Hall
Today, November 12 at 2:00pm - Schumann's Cello Concerto
Davies Symphony Hall
Tomorrow, November 13 at 8:00pm - Schumann's Cello Concerto
Davies Symphony Hall
Saturday, November 14 at 8:00pm - San Francisco Symphony Youth O...
Davies Symphony Hall
Sunday, November 15 at 2:00pm - Bach's Brandenburg Concertos: ...
Davies Symphony Hall
Wednesday, November 18 at 10:00am - Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
Davies Symphony Hall
Wednesday, November 18 at 8:00pm - Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
Davies Symphony Hall
Thursday, November 19 at 2:00pm - Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
Flint Center
Friday, November 20 at 8:00pm - Berlin Philharmonic Plays Brahms
Davies Symphony Hall
Friday, November 20 at 8:00pm - Music for Families
Davies Symphony Hall
Saturday, November 21 at 2:00pm
San Francisco Symphony A great story about the hipness of the cello these days in this week's San Francisco Bay Guardian mentions Davies After Hours talent Amy X Neuburg and the Cello ChiXtet. (They perform following the SFS concert on June 11.)
Source: www.sfbg.com
The San Francisco Bay Guardian Online, Featuring the Best of the Bay and independent reporting on San Francisco
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I just joined this new network platform that is so well created by San Francisco Symphony team. A great place to share our passion for sophisticated music experiences! Also, I've posted my article, related to the issues of the advocacy for music education, inspired by Michelle Obama and the new installment of "Keepin...g Score" (highly recommend!). Check it out and remember - Your opinion matters and makes a difference! http://community.sfsymphony.org/profiles
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Hello loyal fans: We’ve got a few copies to give away of the new Berlin Philharmonic live recording of Brahms’s complete symphonies. This double CD set was recorded in performance, with Sir Simon Rattle conducting. All you need to do to qualify to win a copy of the CD is to join our
social network, and watch Sir Simon R...attle’s video interview there at
http://bit.ly/3ObixS Then, answer this question correctly: How does Rattle describe the
orchestral colors in the first movement of Brahms’s Symphony No. 1?
Email your answer to publicrelations@sfsymphony.org by November 19 (please don't post the answer here!).
We’ll choose the winner at random from among those with the correct
answer, and notify you by email if you’ve won. We’ll mail your CD to
you. Thanks for playing!
The Berlin Philharmonic performs only its third concert in 50 years in SF, at Davies Symphony Hall Nov. 20 and 21. Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 and his Piano Quartet No. 1 are on the program Friday, 11/20; on Saturday, 11/21; they’ll perform Brahms’s Symphony No. 2, Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1, and Wagner’s Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Tickets are available through the SF Symphony website at www.sfsymphony.org.
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social network, and watch Sir Simon R...attle’s video interview there at
http://bit.ly/3ObixS Then, answer this question correctly: How does Rattle describe the
orchestral colors in the first movement of Brahms’s Symphony No. 1?
Email your answer to publicrelations@sfsymphony.org by November 19 (please don't post the answer here!).
We’ll choose the winner at random from among those with the correct
answer, and notify you by email if you’ve won. We’ll mail your CD to
you. Thanks for playing!
The Berlin Philharmonic performs only its third concert in 50 years in SF, at Davies Symphony Hall Nov. 20 and 21. Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 and his Piano Quartet No. 1 are on the program Friday, 11/20; on Saturday, 11/21; they’ll perform Brahms’s Symphony No. 2, Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1, and Wagner’s Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Tickets are available through the SF Symphony website at www.sfsymphony.org.
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Source: bit.ly
Conductor Simon Rattle discusses his recordings of Brahms' symphonies with the Berlin Philharmonic. The symphonies were recorded in concert in fall 2008. Rattle and the orchestra will be performing Brahms' Symphonies Nos. ...
Jodie Very humbling to meet such an outstanding musician/arranger/composer/conductor!
Jodie Michael is a genious and if you have never heard this symphony perform, you are missing out on life!
San Francisco Symphony Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and violinist Joshua Bell are performing tonight at the White House for President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and guests, and it's streaming live, now, at the link below:
Source: www.whitehouse.gov
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San Francisco Symphony The artists for this season's Davies After Hours after-concert parties/performances have just been announced - check 'em out! The first event is Fri., Jan. 15, with the John Santos Sextet. Saturday Night magazine called Davies After Hours "a little bit of concert, a little bit of reception and 100% inspiring, educational and fun."
Source: bit.ly
With its open air balconies, stunning views overlooking City Hall, and specialty drinks at a cash-only bar,Davies After Hours is a unique after-party designed to draw parallels between classical music and the many other popular styles that thrive in the Bay Area. ...
San Francisco Symphony Bay Area artist Colette Crutcher's students made these fabulous Day of the Dead papier-mache animals, on display in the Davies Hall lobby for our Dia de los Muertos family concert Sun., Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. Photos also include conductor Alondra de la Parra, author Laura Esquivel ("Like Water for Chocolate"), and Aztec dancers in performance.
Nita Hernandez Rieben ... was watching KCET in my area, and am becoming a fan of MTT et al.
San Francisco Symphony Tonight PBS-TV airs the third and final episode of Keeping Score - Michael Tilson Thomas takes us through Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5. Was it a paean to Stalin, or did Shostakovich risk his life to bring a heartening message to the long-suffering Russians? It's on at 10 p.m. in the Bay Area - check your local listings. Ready, set, TIVO! Please let us know what you think of the program (preview it below).
Source: bit.ly
This fall, the San Francisco Symphony's Keeping Score series airs on PBS with three new episodes on composers Berlioz, Ives, and Shostakovich. In this 3 minute trailer, Music Director and host Michael ...
San Francisco Symphony The Minnesota Orchestra's music director, Osmo Vanska, is in town to conduct the Orchestra tonight through Saturday. He spoke with the SF Chronicle's Joshua Kosman about choosing to become a conductor, Finnish music, and working with the SF Symphony:
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In a field where preening egotists can feel right at home, Osmo Vänskä stands out for his unaffected, modest demeanor. Yet the 56-year-old Finnish conductor, who is in the middle of a two-week guest stint ...
Motardas Avenidas I love San Francisco! I've been there...
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Still looking for something fun to do on Halloween?
We're screening the classic silent horror film Nosferatu (1922) Halloween Night at 8:00 pm with live organ accompaniment! Nosferatu is considered one of the most significant horror films in the history of cinema. F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent masterpiece is a study of ...terror, with its cryptic imagery and frightening intelligence. With vampires, unwordly horror, romance, and intrigue, this is entertainment made for Halloween!Read More
We're screening the classic silent horror film Nosferatu (1922) Halloween Night at 8:00 pm with live organ accompaniment! Nosferatu is considered one of the most significant horror films in the history of cinema. F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent masterpiece is a study of ...terror, with its cryptic imagery and frightening intelligence. With vampires, unwordly horror, romance, and intrigue, this is entertainment made for Halloween!Read More
Source: www.sfsymphony.org
Celebrate Halloween with one of early film’s great masterpieces, Nosferatu (1922) directed by F.W. Murnau, which tells the eerie tale of the vampire Count Orlok. A re-imagining of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the film is dark and mysterious. ...
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