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To Be a Conductor

A documentary that follows the activities of MTT when he was a 26-year-old launching his career. Directed by Terry Sanders. 1970.

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The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theatre

Michael Tilson Thomas: Where NOW Is
Susan Froemke and Kirk Simon, directors

PBS NewsHour: That Moment When (2019)
Steve Goldbloom, producer

All Behind-the-scenes Compositions Documentary Educational Fun Interviews Keeping Score On TV Performances Projects

To Be a Conductor

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The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theatre

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TED Talk: Music and emotion through time (2012)

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MTT25: An American Icon

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Michael Tilson Thomas: Where NOW Is
Susan Froemke and Kirk Simon, directors

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Keeping Score: Igor Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring

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Keeping Score: Ludwig van Beethoven – Eroica

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Keeping Score: Piotr Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4

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Keeping Score: Hector Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique

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Keeping Score: Charles Ives – Holidays Symphony

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Keeping Score: Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5

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Keeping Score: Copland and the American Sound

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Keeping Score: Gustav Mahler – Legacy

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Keeping Score: Gustav Mahler – Origins

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Carl Ruggles: American Mystic

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New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concert: What is Noise? (1974)

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PBS NewsHour: That Moment When (2019)
Steve Goldbloom, producer

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MTT on 60 Minutes

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“Les feuilles mortes” with Jacques Pépin

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Sarah Vaughan and MTT rehearse Gershwin

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Michael Tilson Thomas & Steve Reich on “Four Organs”

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Where NOW Is: MTT on James Brown (clip)

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Where NOW Is: Toodles (clip)

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Yuja Wang performs MTT’s “You Come Here Often?”

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“Street Song” performed by San Francisco Conservatory of Music brass quintet

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MTT on Audrey Hepburn and “From The Diary of Anne Frank”

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About “From the Diary of Anne Frank” & “Meditations on Rilke”

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PBS News Hour: MTT on music and mentoring amid a pandemic (2021)

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San Francisco Symphony: “The Rite of Spring” + 2 Encores at the BBC Proms (2000)

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San Francisco Symphony: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 – 3rd movement (2010)

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San Francisco Symphony: Stravinsky – ‘Infernal Dance’ at the BBC Proms (2000)

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San Francisco Symphony: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 – 1st movement (2010)

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San Francisco Symphony: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 – 2nd movement (2010)

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San Francisco Symphony: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 – 4th movement (2010)

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San Francisco Symphony: Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring at Carnegie Hall (Excerpt) (2018)

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San Francisco Symphony: Mahler – Symphony No. 7, Finale (Excerpt) (2014)

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San Francisco Symphony: Mahler – Symphony No. 5, Adagietto

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New World Symphony: Schumann – Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish” (2020)

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New World Symphony: Stravinsky – Symphony in Three Movements (2020)

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New World Symphony: Berlioz – Romeo and Juliet (2019)

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New World Symphony: Schubert – “Death and the Maiden” (orch. Mahler) (2019)

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New World Symphony: Brahms Symphony No. 4 (2018)

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New World Symphony: Stravinsky / Balanchine – Violin Concerto in D Major with James Ehnes and Miami City Ballet

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New World Symphony: Schubert/Mahler: “Death and the Maiden” (version for orchestra) (2019)

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New World Symphony: Stravinsky – Petrushka (2020)

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New World Symphony: Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 5 with Yuja Wang at Carnegie Hall (excerpt)(2019)

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San Francisco Symphony: Mahler – Symphony No. 7, Scherzo (excerpt) (2014)

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London Symphony Orchestra: Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto № 2 with Barry Douglas (1993)

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London Symphony Orchestra: Gershwin Piano Concerto in F and Poulenc Sonata for 4 hands III. Final (2015)

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London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich – Symphony No 5, IV. Allegro non troppo (2015)

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London Symphony Orchestra: Mahler – Symphony No 5, Adagietto (2022)

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Boston Symphony Orchestra: Excerpt from Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung. (1970)

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Boston Symphony Orchestra: Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (Tanglewood, 2018)

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6, Mvt 3 (excerpt) (2018)

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NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra: Brahms – Violin Concerto in D with Julia Fischer (2005)

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WDR Symphony Orchestra: Mahler – Symphony No. 6 in A minor (2008)

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NYO-USA: Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F Major with Jean-Yves Thibaudet (2018)

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NYO-USA: Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 in Beijing (2018)

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NYO-USA: Copland’s “Hoe-Down” from Rodeo in Beijing (2018)

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The Thomashefskys: MTT on the Yiddish Theatre

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The Thomashefskys: The Source Material

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The Thomashefskys: The Music of Yiddish Theatre

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The Thomashefskys: Boris Thomashefsky

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The Thomashefskys: Boris’ Childhood

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The Thomashefskys: Boris’ Career

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The Thomashefskys: Boris the Legend

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The Thomashefskys: Bessie’s Career

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The Thomashefskys: Stars of the Yiddish Theatre

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The Thomashefskys: The Blood Libel

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The Thomashefskys: The Activist Audience

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The Thomashefskys: The Immigration Committee

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The Thomshefskys: The Creation of the Show

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The Thomashefskys: The Hebrew Actors’ Union

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The Thomashefskys: Theater on the Bowery

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The Thomashefskys: The Family of Michael Tilson Thomas

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The Thomashefskys: Filming at the New World Center

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The Thomashefskys: Music of the Thomashefsky Family

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YouTube Symphony Orchestra @ The Juilliard School (2009)

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YouTube Symphony Orchestra @ Carnegie Hall: Act One (2009)

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YouTube Symphony Orchestra @ Carnegie Hall: Act Two (2009)

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YouTube Symphony Orchestra: Schubert – Entr’acte no. 3 from “Rosamunde” (2011)

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YouTube Symphony Orchestra: Grand Finale (2011)

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Musicians@Google: MTT & the San Francisco Symphony

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KQED Arts: MTT & Yuja Wang (2015)

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MTT on Masterpieces in Miniature

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MTT on what makes an American Maverick

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MTT on Brahms 4

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MTT on Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23

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Kennedy Center Honors: Audra McDonald – “Somewhere” (Michael Tilson Thomas Tribute) (2019)

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MTT takes the Horn Challenge

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NWS Tutorial: Cello Excerpt for Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

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The Thomashefskys trailer

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MTT Teaches Haydn: Symphony No. 60

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Michael Tilson Thomas: Conducting Lesson

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Verbier Festival Orchestra: Rehearsal (Mahler) (2016)

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Michael Tilson Thomas on Schumann & the Romantic Era

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MTT on Ives’ Concord Symphony

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MTT on Mahler

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MTT on Mahler for Universal Edition

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The Thomashefskys: Overture to “Khantshe in Amerike” (1912) by Joseph Rumshinsky

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The Thomashefskys: Overture to “Koldunye” (1878) by Abraham Goldfaden

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The Thomashefskys: Babkeleh from “Koldunye” (1878) by Abraham Goldfaden

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The Thomashefskys: Minke on the Telephone

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