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San Francisco Symphony Celebrates Its Centennial

Sep 27, 2011 at

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(Stan Honda/AFP/Getty)

The San Francisco Symphony turns 100 this year. We listen to the symphony’s recordings and talk about the history of the San Francisco Symphony, the present season and the future of the venerable Bay Area institution.

More: A timeline of the San Francisco Symphony and more – at SFSymphony.org
More: About the symphony’s “Keeping Score” series – at KeepingScore.org

Guests:

Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Symphony

Brent Assink, executive director of the San Francisco Symphony

Margaret Tait, cellist with the San Francisco Symphony

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