Michael Tilson Thomas

Keeping Score: 13 Days When Music Changed Forever, March 24 at 4 PM

Jack Moore — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:51:07 +0000

It was April 7, 18o5: Beethoven turned the music world on its ear at the premiere of what - up until that time - was the longest, most complicated symphonic work ever composed. His 3rd symphony, the Eroica, changed our idea of what music could express.

Instead of classical form and rarified beauty, the symphony laid out the full range of human feelings and emotions. The first public performance of Beethoven's Eroica is the theme for this Sunday's show. March 24, 4 to 5 pm.

Keeping Score: 13 Days When Music Changed Forever on ENCORE!

Jack Moore — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:12:07 +0000

The San Francisco Symphony’s radio project, The Keeping Score Series: 13 Days When Music Changed Forever, is about musical revolutions—about the composers, compositions, and musical movements that changed the way people heard, or thought about, music. Each program explores the historical backdrop and the musical precursors to the revolutionary change, as well as the lasting influence of that moment in music history.

This week's program: October 29, 1787: The Premiere of Don Giovanni in Prague
With this work, Mozart attains his maturity and writes a masterpiece that dominates opera forever, echoing in Wagner and beyond. Suzanne Vega is host. Sunday, February 10, 5 to 6 pm.

Fiach Mac Conghail (Dublin's Abbey Theatre)--Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas--The SS United States

Jim Cotter and David Patrick Stearns and Tom Keels — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:42:00 +0000

Jim Cotter speaks with Fiach Mac Conghail, artistic director of Dublin's Abbey Theatre - the national theater of Ireland. Philadelphia's Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents the Abbey Theatre production of Mark O'Rowe's Terminus from February 16 to 20, 2011, as part of the Philadelphia Irish Theatre Festival.

David Patrick Stearns profiles Michael Tilson Thomas as the veteran conductor leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in a series of concerts.

Tom Keels looks at efforts to secure a future for the venerable ocean liner the SS United States.

Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas

Jill Pasternak — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:24:00 +0000

Join Jill Pasternak for a conversation with Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Symphony.

About Michael Tilson Thomas

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas--AMERICA I AM--At Home At The Zoo--Philadelphia a Brewery Town?

Jim Cotter and Susan Lewis and Jason Peifer and Tom Keels — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:52:00 +0000

We listen again to Jim Cotter's recent conversation with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

Susan Lewis looks at AMERICA I AM: The African American Imprint, an exhibition at the National Constitution Center exploring the myriad contributions African Americans have made to America.

Jason Peifer previews the Philadelphia Theater's Company production of At Home At The Zoo. We'll hear from playwright Edward Albee about this expanded version of his 1959 play, The Zoo Story.

Tom Keels uncovers Philadelphia's history as a brewery town and explores the current renaissance.

Steve Lopez--Michael Tilson Thomas--The Government Inspector--Settlement Music School at 100

Jim Cotter and Susan Lewis and Jason Peifer — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:59:00 +0000

We listen back to Jim Cotter's interviews with author Steve Lopez and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.

Jason Peifer visits the Lantern Theater Company as it stages a new adaptation of the classic Nikolai Gogol play, The Government Inspector.

Susan Lewis considers the history of Philadelphia's Settlement Music School and the many lives it has touched in its 100-year history.

Michael Tilson Thomas--Phila. Improv Festival--Philadelphia Virtuosi--Avenue of the Artists

Jim Cotter, David Patrick Stearns and Susan Lewis and Jason Peifer — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:20:00 +0000

Jim Cotter speaks with Michael Tilson Thomas. The music director of the San Francisco Symphony and artistic director of the New World Symphony conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in concerts this week.

Jason Peifer previews the Philadelphia Improv Festival, an annual event that highlights the growth in unscripted comedy in the region.

David Patrick Stearns profiles the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra.

Susan Lewis visits the Sketch Club and the Plastic Club on Philadelphia's Camac Street - the Avenue of the Artists.