Program Notes

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Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe
Thu, Jun 18, 2009
Fri, Jun 19, 2009
Sat, Jun 20, 2009
Sun, Jun 21, 2009

MTT and Gil Shaham
Wed, Jun 10, 2009
Thu, Jun 11, 2009
Fri, Jun 12, 2009
Sat, Jun 13, 2009

MTT conducts Schubert's Great C Symphony
Fri, Jun 5, 2009
Sat, Jun 6, 2009

MTT conducts A Schubert and Berg Journey
Wed, Jun 3, 2009
Thu, Jun 4, 2009

Friday 6.5: MTT conducts Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
Fri, May 29, 2009

MTT conducts Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
Wed, May 27, 2009
Thu, May 28, 2009
Sat, May 30, 2009

MTT and Yuja Wang
Wed, May 20, 2009
Fri, May 22, 2009
Sat, May 23, 2009

Open Rehearsal: MTT and Yuja Wang
Wed, May 20, 2009

San Francisco Symphony: A Handel Celebration
Sat, May 16, 2009

A Handel Celebration
Thu, May 14, 2009
Fri, May 15, 2009

Bernard Labadie conducts Mozart's Gran Partita
Thu, May 7, 2009
Fri, May 8, 2009
Sat, May 9, 2009

SFS: Barantschik Leads Vivaldi
Thu, Apr 30, 2009

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
Wed, Apr 29, 2009
Fri, May 1, 2009
Sat, May 2, 2009
Sun, May 3, 2009

Poulenc's Organ Concerto
Wed, Apr 22, 2009
Thu, Apr 23, 2009
Fri, Apr 24, 2009
Sat, Apr 25, 2009

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24
Thu, Apr 9, 2009
Fri, Apr 10, 2009
Sat, Apr 11, 2009

James Gaffigan conducts Mozart
Wed, Apr 1, 2009
Thu, Apr 2, 2009
Sat, Apr 4, 2009

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4
Wed, Mar 25, 2009
Thu, Mar 26, 2009
Fri, Mar 27, 2009
Sat, Mar 28, 2009

Nicola Luisotti conducts Brahms's Fourth
Wed, Mar 18, 2009
Thu, Mar 19, 2009
Fri, Mar 20, 2009
Sat, Mar 21, 2009

Friday 6.5: James Conlon and Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Fri, Mar 13, 2009

James Conlon and Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Thu, Mar 12, 2009
Sat, Mar 14, 2009

MTT and Martha Argerich
Thu, Mar 5, 2009
Fri, Mar 6, 2009
Sat, Mar 7, 2009

Kurt Masur conducts Bruckner's Romantic Symphony
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
Fri, Feb 20, 2009
Sat, Feb 21, 2009

Charles Dutoit conducts Scheherazade
Thu, Feb 12, 2009
Fri, Feb 13, 2009
Sat, Feb 14, 2009
Sun, Feb 15, 2009

Friday 6.5: David Robertson conducts Tchaikovsky
Fri, Feb 6, 2009

Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2
Wed, Feb 4, 2009
Thu, Feb 5, 2009
Sat, Feb 7, 2009

MTT conducts Tchaikovsky's Fifth
Thu, Jan 15, 2009
Fri, Jan 16, 2009
Sat, Jan 17, 2009

MTT conducts Brahms's First
Wed, Jan 7, 2009
Sat, Jan 10, 2009
Sun, Jan 11, 2009

Lang Lang plays Chopin
Thu, Dec 4, 2008
Fri, Dec 5, 2008
Sat, Dec 6, 2008

Hilary Hahn plays Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Fri, Nov 28, 2008
Sat, Nov 29, 2008

Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand
Wed, Nov 19, 2008
Fri, Nov 21, 2008
Sat, Nov 22, 2008
Sun, Nov 23, 2008

MTT conducts Beethoven's Pastoral
Thu, Nov 13, 2008
Fri, Nov 14, 2008
Sat, Nov 15, 2008
Sun, Nov 16, 2008

Brahms's Violin Concerto
Thu, Nov 6, 2008
Fri, Nov 7, 2008
Sat, Nov 8, 2008

Herbert Blomstedt conducts Bruckner
Wed, Oct 29, 2008
Thu, Oct 30, 2008
Sat, Nov 1, 2008

Joshua Bell in Concert
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
Fri, Oct 24, 2008
Sat, Oct 25, 2008

Beethoven & Schumann
Thu, Oct 16, 2008
Fri, Oct 17, 2008
Sat, Oct 18, 2008

Emanuel Ax plays Strauss
Thu, Oct 9, 2008
Sat, Oct 11, 2008

MTT conducts Bernstein's West Side Story
Wed, Sep 17, 2008
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
Fri, Sep 19, 2008

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Wed, Sep 10, 2008
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Sat, Sep 13, 2008

MTT and Katia and Marielle Labèque
Thu, Sep 4, 2008
Sat, Sep 6, 2008
Sun, Sep 7, 2008

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