At the end of this month, Michael Tilson Thomas returns to the Barbican Centre to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra. On May 27 MTT performs Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with soprano soloist Elizabeth Watts. The program will also include Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, played by Yefim Bronfman. Bronfman joins MTT once again on May 31, when they join Gil Shaham to perform Berg’s Chamber Concerto for violin, piano and wind ensemble. …
Next week, MTT conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral,” with the San Francisco Symphony. MTT’s concerts with the SFS open with Mahler’s Blumine – the original Andante to the composer’s first symphony – and also include Schnittke’s Violin Concerto No. 4 with SFS Concertmaster Alexander Barantschik, who celebrates his tenth anniversary with the orchestra this season. Concerts take place May 16, 17, 18 and 19 at Davies Symphony Hall.
Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony’s live recording of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Leonore Overture No. 3 is now available as a pre-release exclusively from the iTunes store . MTT and the SFS’s latest album will be released as a hybrid SACD recording on the Orchestra’s SFS Media label June 12. You can pre-order the album from the San Francisco Symphony’s e-store ; and on May 16, the SACD will become available at the …
In a week of semi-staged concerts, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony celebrate the city’s musical roots and heritage in Barbary Coast and Beyond: Music from the Gold Rush to the Panama-Pacific Exposition, with music written from the mid-1800s through the Orchestra’s founding in 1911 and its formative years.
On May 5 and 6, Michael Tilson Thomas will bring the New World Symphony’s 2011-2012 season to a close with two sold-out performances of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony. Those in the Miami area can watch MTT and the NWS’s May 5 performance in a live WALLCAST™ at Miami Beach SoundScape. The WALLCAST™ of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony begins at 8:00 pm and is free and open to the public. Tickets are not …