Brain cancer claimed the life of San Francisco Symphony Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas, a musical giant beloved by the orchestra, its audiences, and his many friends.
The conductor led the orchestra in a powerful, stormy program on April 17.
The student musicians are excited to perform dances from West Side Story.
Los Angeles Master Chorale performed the lesser-known Mendelssohn’s work, alongside Mozart’s canonic Requiem.
Running July 4-19, the summer season features premieres by Jake Heggie and John Corigliano, plus performances by Renée Fleming and Wynton Marsalis.
The conductor distilled The Ring of the Nibelung at the SF Symphony, and Gautier Capuçon played Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto.
