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San Francisco Symphony at 100. SF Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-06-12

Works: Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid, ballet; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Mach...
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

In September 2011, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony launched the Orchestra's milestone Centennial Season with a celebratory gala concert at Davies Symphony...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: HD DVD, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 5.1,
Country of Origin: USA
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Mahler: Origins & Legacy / Michael Tilson Thomas/San Francisco SO [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-05-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 7 in E minor; Symphony no 9 in D major
Performers: Hampson, Thomas
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony

From the sounds outside his bedroom window - a kind of sonic goulash of military marches, ethnic dance bands, church bells and nature itself -...continue...
Run Time: 124 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,
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Keeping Score - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"I feel, therefore I am." For Hector Berlioz, and for the Romantic Movement, those were more than words; they were a song of the heart....continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich may have hidden a subversive cipher beneath the surface of his life-saving Symphony No. 5. This is all the more shocking since another bad...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Ives: Holidays Symphony / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Charles Ives: Holidays
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Ranging from tender sentiment to savage chaos, the music of early 20th-century composer Charles Ives explores an essentially American riddle: how can we survive the...continue...
Run Time: 111 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Tilson Thomas / San Francisco SO / A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein - Opening Night at Carnegie Hall, 2008 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-01-13

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; On the Town; Mass; A Quiet Place
Performers: Ebersole, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Ma, Yo-Yo; Upshaw, Dawn
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Music Director of the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1969 and Laureate Conductor from 1969 to 1990, Leonard Bernstein brought his own particular New...continue...
Run Time: 84 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
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Keeping Score - Copland. SFSO/Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2006-12-12

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

In this DVD, Michael Tilson Thomas explores Copland's break from the imported, much imitated music of Dvorak and Mahler, and the startling development of his...continue...
Run Time: 91 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: USA
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Keeping Score - Beethoven. Tilson Thomas/San Francisco SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2006-11-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Not all revolutions are political - some overturn artistic conventions. Beethoven's 'Eroica' challenged the accepted notions of music as a kind of decorative background and...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Keeping Score - Stravinsky. Tilson Thomas/San Francisco SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2006-11-14

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

In 1913, with Europe on the brink of war, a fashionable Parisian audience reacted with hostile frenzy to the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's new work,...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC
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Keeping Score - Mtt On Music. Sf Symphony/Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2005-03-08

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"The live performance of the symphony is beautifully shot and edited, making full use of the widescreen canvas and 5.1 surround sound... the sonics are...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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