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Event
Program Notes
Edo de Waart conducts Saint-Saëns's Organ Symphony
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
Fri, Feb 17, 2012
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Sun, Feb 19, 2012
 
Herbert Blomstedt conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5
Wed, Feb 8, 2012
Fri, Feb 10, 2012
 
Herbert Blomstedt conducts Mozart and Tchaikovsky
Thu, Feb 2, 2012
Fri, Feb 3, 2012
Sat, Feb 4, 2012
 
Pinchas Zukerman: Violinist, Violist, Conductor
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Thu, Jan 26, 2012
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
Sun, Jan 29, 2012
 
Heras-Casado conducts Falla and Ravel
Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Sat, Jan 21, 2012
 
MTT leads a semi-staged performance of Debussy
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
 
MTT conducts Tchaikovsky's First Symphony
Fri, Jan 6, 2012
Sat, Jan 7, 2012
Sun, Jan 8, 2012
 
Handel's Messiah
Fri, Dec 16, 2011
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
Sun, Dec 18, 2011
 
Esa-Pekka Salonen and Leila Josefowicz
Thu, Dec 8, 2011
Fri, Dec 9, 2011
Sat, Dec 10, 2011
 
Brahms's Violin Concerto with Gil Shaham
Wed, Nov 23, 2011
Fri, Nov 25, 2011
Sat, Nov 26, 2011
 
MTT leads Brahms's German Requiem
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Fri, Nov 18, 2011
Sat, Nov 19, 2011
Sun, Nov 20, 2011
 
MTT conducts Schubert
Fri, Nov 11, 2011
Sat, Nov 12, 2011
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
 
Semyon Bychkov conducts Don Juan
Wed, Nov 2, 2011
Thu, Nov 3, 2011
Fri, Nov 4, 2011
 
Alan Gilbert conducts Beethoven and Haydn
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
Fri, Oct 28, 2011
Sat, Oct 29, 2011
 
Verdi's Requiem
Wed, Oct 19, 2011
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Sat, Oct 22, 2011
 
James Conlon conducts Pictures at an Exhibition
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
Fri, Oct 14, 2011
Sat, Oct 15, 2011
Sun, Oct 16, 2011
 
Project San Francisco: Joshua Bell plays Glazunov & Tchaikovsky
Wed, Oct 5, 2011
Thu, Oct 6, 2011
Sat, Oct 8, 2011
Sun, Oct 9, 2011
 
MTT conducts Mozart, Adès, and Stravinsky
Thu, Sep 29, 2011
Fri, Sep 30, 2011
Sat, Oct 1, 2011
 
MTT conducts Mahler's Third Symphony
Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Thu, Sep 22, 2011
Sat, Sep 24, 2011
Sun, Sep 25, 2011
 
MTT and Yo-Yo Ma
Wed, Sep 14, 2011
Thu, Sep 15, 2011
Fri, Sep 16, 2011
Sat, Sep 17, 2011
 
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