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This September baritone Thomas Hampson will perform Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer as part of MTT’s exploration into the composer’s evolution in a special program titled Origins and Legacies during the SFS's three week Mahler Festival. The concerts will be recorded for future release on SFS Media as well as… Continue

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has nominated the MTT & The San Francisco Symphony's September 2008 all-Bernstein gala concert at Carnegie Hall for an “Outstanding Special Class Program” Emmy Award. The program aired nationally on PBS's Great Performances in October 2008 and is now available for posterity on DVD. Wat… Continue

If you missed the live performance of Gustavo Dudamel leading the SF Symphony in Stravinsky's The Firebird during the 2007-08 season - or if you want to hear it again - here's your chance to catch the broadcast: it airs on KDFC Classical 102.1 FM on Tuesday, July 14, at 7 p.m. More details here: http://community.sfsymphony.org/events/san-francisco-symphony-kdfc-1

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Pink Martini is the Portland-based band that's "like a romantic Hollywood musical of the 1940s or 50s but with a global perspective which is modern," according to founder and artistic director Thomas M. Lauderdale. Or, if you prefer, "part language lesson, part Hollywood spectacle." However you describe this indescribable bunch, they are a lot of FUN.

They're appearing with the San Francisco Symphony June 25 and 26… Continue

From The Rest is Noise blog, The New Yorker critic's top 10 Mahler recordings. He also offers an interesting take on Staatskapelle Berlin's recent traversal of the Mahler symphonies at Carnegie Hall, in this week's (6/8) New Yorker magazine.