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Dining Near Davies
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Close, convenient lodging?
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- My favorite musicians:
- Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen are like my two big brothers - I've known them a long time, I love them very much, and it's tough to find fault with them. Maria Callas destroys me. Joshua Bell, I gotta say. And the Beatles, because nobody ever had more fun making music.
- My favorite composers:
- I guess I'd say the old warhorses, but am constantly learning about new ones (new to me, anyway) and loving the process. I heard the SF Symphony perform a Claude Vivier piece once and it was unforgettable. I like pretty much everything I've heard by Sibelius, of all people. Which *don't* I like? It's like trying to decide which benevolent goddess (or god) you dislike.
- The instrument(s) I play (or played, as a kid):
- piano, guitar
- My favorite concert of all time:
- Annual Springsteen birthday command performances.
- What I’d like people on this social network to know about me:
- It's more what I'd like people to know about the SF Symphony staff: it's an incredible bunch of musically talented and very smart people. And yes, I'm biased.
- How I’m connected with the San Francisco Symphony:
- as a fan, go to concerts, work for the Symphony
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Win tickets to Duncan Sheik's Whisper House, and meet Duncan Sheik!
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Come up with the most compelling, interesting, entertaining answer – in writing, music, video, or any other way you want to tell us your story – and you and a guest could be the lucky winners to see Duncan Sheik live with the San Francisco Symphony Saturday, April 10! Plus, you’ll get an autographed Whisper House CD and you and a guest w
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On the Road Again
The logistical marvel that is an orchestra tour is something to behold. One hundred-plus musicians, road crew, staff, agents, managers, equipment and instrument trunks, all hurtling toward the same destination, the same goal: an incredible night of musicmaking for audiences around… Continue
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Michael Tilson Thomas, SF Symphony, SF Symphony Chorus honored for Mahler 8 and 10 recording
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Rave reviews for Symphony's tour program performances: Kissine premiere, Tetzlaff in Tchaikovsky
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Inside Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Resurrection - audio program note
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Help me upload a new photo quick! I'm a technologically befuddled bassoonist after all...
Thanks again for your hospitality on Wednesday, the Gala was so awesome!!! Definitely the most fun I've had in a long time.
The photos that you put up look great, it's really nice to see them all up on the community page. I'll post some of my own up when I get the time.
It was great meeting you and I can't wait for the rest of the SFS season! Hopefully I'll see you around at a future concert! If I do, I'll make sure to say hi!
???? Cheers, Rebecca
I will be playing the Mendelssohn violin concerto. I'm pretty sure that they won't tell me play the whole entire movement. That'll be pretty long though. Hah!
Speaking of the collection... I would start with my first classic music CD at age 12... (God! long time ago..). It was "Ombra Mai Fu/Pachelbel: Canon performed by I Solisti Italiani. I was attracted by the beautiful sound that I felt I was in Europe. Being in Europe to me at that time was a dream ( I was in Taiwan then). This was how I first "met" classic music.
As time goes by, my college life in Cleveland, Ohio, I was beneficial with a student ticket discount ($10/ticket) for tones of concerts. That's how I knew Cleveland Orchestra.
Among the violinists, Midori is the one I still like most. Mendelssohn & Bruch violin concertos by Midori & Berliner Philiparmoniker is my favor.
A treasure of favorite violin encores/ Jaime Laredo: Violin & Margo Garrett: Piano is also a "violin 101" that I would suggest.
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