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American Mavericks / Cowell: "Synchrony" Piano Concerto; Harrison: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra; Varèse: Amériques / Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry Cowell: Synchrony of Dance, Music, Light, for orchestra (aka "Orchesterstück; Concerto for piano & orchestra, HC 440; Lou Harrison: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra; Edgard Var...
Performers: Denk, Jeremy; Jacobs, Paul [Organ]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony

This recording by Michael Tilson Thomas and the GRAMMY® award-winning San Francisco Symphony features stunning live recordings from the SFS's wildly successful American Mavericks...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco War Memorial and Pe....continue...

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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San Francisco Symphony at 100. SF Symphony / Tilson Thomas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray 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

Run Time: 148 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 5.1,
Country of Origin: USA
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Ives: Concord Symphony; Copland: Organ Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-02-08

Works: Henry Brant: A Concord Symphony, for orchestra (after Charles Ives' Concord Sonata); Aaron Copland: Symphony for Organ & Orchestra
Performers: Jacobs, Paul [Organ]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Always staunch supporters of American composers, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present a fascinating new program of music by Charles Ives and...continue...

Ives: Holidays Symphony

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Charles Ives: New England Holidays Symphony; Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco (2005-09-17&2007-11-30&2007-)....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco (11/27/2007-11/30/2007)....continue...

Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring; Firebird Suite Excerpts

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California (09/22/2004-09/23/2004)....continue...

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 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray 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: Blu-Ray, 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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Keeping Score - Ives: Holidays Symphony / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray 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: Blu-Ray, 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 - 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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