What happens when a composer reaches his or her 9th Symphony. We'll find out this month when Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler's 9th (7/14) and Beethoven's 9th (7/28). Has your time come?
7/7 Stravinsky: Perséphone, The Firebird (Leslie Caron, nar; Nicholas Phan, t; SFS Chorus, SF Girls Chorus, Pacific Boychoir; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond)
7/14 Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Michael Tilson Thomas, cond)
7/21 Tilson Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica (Isabel Leonard, ms; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond)
7/28 Berg: Seven Early Songs Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Susanna Phillips, s; Kelley O’Connor, ms; Nicholas Phan, t; Davóne Tines, bar; SFS Chorus; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond)
