CAMA - March 28, 2018 - Program Notes - San Francisco Symphony - International Series at The Granada Theatre
CAMA's International Series Presents San Francisco Symphony Wednesday, March 28, 2018 The Granada Theatre, 8:00 PM Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director Gil Shaham, Violin Alban Berg: Violin Concerto (1935) Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.5 Founded in 1911, the San Francisco Symphony is among the country’s most artistically adventurous and innovative arts institutions. Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas is Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Founder and Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, and Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra. He has won eleven Grammys® for his recordings, is the recipient of the National Medal of Arts, and is a Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. Gil Shaham is one of the foremost violinists of our time; his flawless technique combined with his inimitable warmth and generosity of spirit has solidified his renown as an American master. The Grammy® Award-winner, also named Musical America’s “Instrumentalist of the Year,” is sought after throughout the world for concerto appearances with leading orchestras and conductors, and regularly gives recitals and appears with ensembles on the world’s great concert stages and at the most prestigious festivals. SEASON SPONSOR: SAGE Publications PRIMARY SPONSOR: The Elaine F. Stepanek Concert Fund PRINCIPAL SPONSOR: Herbert & Elaine Kendall SPONSORS: Bitsy & Denny Bacon and the Becton Family Foundation Fran & John Nielsen The Shanbrom Family Foundation CO-SPONSORS: Anonymous Elizabeth & Andrew Butcher Mahri Kerley/Chaucer’s Books Lynn P. Kirst Jocelyne & William Meeker Val & Bob Montgomery •
CAMA's International Series Presents
San Francisco Symphony
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
The Granada Theatre, 8:00 PM
Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director
Gil Shaham, Violin
Alban Berg: Violin Concerto (1935)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.5
Founded in 1911, the San Francisco Symphony is among the country’s most artistically adventurous and innovative arts institutions. Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas is Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Founder and Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, and Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra. He has won eleven Grammys® for his recordings, is the recipient of the National Medal of Arts, and is a Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France.
Gil Shaham is one of the foremost violinists of our time; his flawless technique combined with his inimitable warmth and generosity of spirit has solidified his renown as an American master. The Grammy® Award-winner, also named Musical America’s “Instrumentalist of the Year,” is sought after throughout the world for concerto appearances with leading orchestras and conductors, and regularly gives recitals and appears with ensembles on the world’s great concert stages and at the most prestigious festivals.
SEASON SPONSOR:
SAGE Publications
PRIMARY SPONSOR:
The Elaine F. Stepanek Concert Fund
PRINCIPAL SPONSOR:
Herbert & Elaine Kendall
SPONSORS:
Bitsy & Denny Bacon and the Becton Family Foundation
Fran & John Nielsen
The Shanbrom Family Foundation
CO-SPONSORS:
Anonymous
Elizabeth & Andrew Butcher
Mahri Kerley/Chaucer’s Books
Lynn P. Kirst
Jocelyne & William Meeker
Val & Bob Montgomery
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Presenting the world’s finest classical artists since 1919<br />
Michael Tilson Thomas<br />
INTERNATIONAL SERIES<br />
SEASON SPONSORSHIP: SAGE PUBLICATIONS<br />
ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY<br />
ORCHESTRA<br />
SPONSORS<br />
Anonymous<br />
Dan & Meg Burnham<br />
Ellen & Peter Johnson<br />
CO-SPONSORS<br />
Anonymous<br />
Dorothy Roberts<br />
Barbara & Sam Toumayan<br />
George & Judy Writer<br />
LOS ANGELES<br />
PHILHARMONIC<br />
PRINCIPAL SPONSOR<br />
<strong>The</strong> Samuel B. and Margaret C.<br />
Mosher Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
SPONSORS<br />
Nancy Schlosser<br />
<strong>The</strong> Towbes Fund for the Performing<br />
Arts,a field of interest fund of the<br />
<strong>San</strong>ta Barbara Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Dody Waugh & Eric Small<br />
CO-SPONSORS<br />
Bitsy & Denny Bacon<br />
and the Becton Family Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Frank Blue & Lida Light Blue<br />
(LA PHIL CO-SPONSORS, cont.)<br />
Elizabeth & Ken Doran<br />
Robert & Christine Emmons<br />
Dorothy & John Gardner<br />
Jocelyne & William Meeker<br />
ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE<br />
OF ENLIGHTENMENT<br />
SPONSORS<br />
Hollis Norris Fund<br />
Alison & Jan Bowlus<br />
CO-SPONSORS<br />
Louise & Michael Caccese<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>CAMA</strong> Women's Board<br />
Lynn P. Kirst<br />
Bob & Val Montgomery<br />
Michele & Andre Saltoun<br />
ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN<br />
IN THE FIELDS<br />
SPONSORS<br />
Judith L. Hopkinson<br />
Sara Miller McCune<br />
Anonymous<br />
CO-SPONSORS<br />
Peggy & Kurt Anderson<br />
Edward DeLoreto<br />
Jocelyne & William Meeker<br />
Ellen & John Pillsbury<br />
Michele & Andre Saltoun
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