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Friday, April 29, 2022

There's Runnicles.

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Sir Donald Runnicles Photo by Simon Pauly Courtesy of San Francisco Opera A couple of performances to be found on line, conducted by Sir Don...

Friday Photo

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Lurking Gherkin aka 30 St. Mary Axe, London May, 2014  
Monday, April 25, 2022

Gustavo Dudamel at SFS

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Well, that was disappointing, and in some ways also dismaying: the widely-praised music director of a major symphony orchestra, who is also ...
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Museum Mondays

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Tower of London Moat May, 2014  
Friday, April 22, 2022

Friday Photo

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Ten pounds of assorted citrus Oakland, CA January, 2022  
Thursday, April 21, 2022

Radu Lupu

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The Romanian-born pianist Radu Lupu died earlier this week at 76, on the same day as pianist Nicholas Angelich and Harrison Birtwistle. Lupu...
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Monday, April 18, 2022

Harrison Birtwistle

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Claire Booth (Hanna), Roderick Williams (Alan), Harrison Birtwistle (composer),  Baldur Brönnimann (conductor),  Omar Ebrahim  (Caleb Raven)...

Museum Mondays

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Architectural frieze Villa Stuck, Munich August, 2015  
Friday, April 15, 2022

Friday Photo

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Tinned Portuguese anchovies Berkeley Bowl, Berkeley, CA March, 2022  
Monday, April 11, 2022

Museum Mondays

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Interior of a railroad mail car Museum of Science & Industry Chicago, IL November, 2016  
Sunday, April 10, 2022

Met HD: Don Carlos

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The other week, I went to the encore of the Met Opera HD broadcast of Don Carlos , which was  heroically sung and acted on one of the uglies...
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Friday, April 08, 2022

Friday Photo

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Flowering tree February, 2020 Oakland, CA  
Wednesday, April 06, 2022

News from the Other BSO

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The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has a new president and CEO: Mark Hanson, who resigned from the CEO position at San Francisco Symphony last...
Tuesday, April 05, 2022

Museum Mondays

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Assumption of the Virgin Mary? Plaster cast of medieval sculpture Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine Paris, France February, 2019  
Friday, April 01, 2022

Friday Photo

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Doors to the Chrysler Building, NYC November, 2013  
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

San Francisco Symphony 2022-23

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Esa-Pekka Salonen Photo by Minna Hatinen, courtesy of San Francisco Symphony San Francisco Symphony announced its 2022-23 season today. I...
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Monday, March 28, 2022

Museum Mondays

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Golden arm and hand Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC November, 2013  
Friday, March 25, 2022

Friday Photo

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Mérode Altarpiece, by Robert Campin The Cloisters, NYC February, 2010  
Thursday, March 24, 2022

Belated Museum Mondays

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Effigy of Don García de Osorio (detail) Victoria and Albert Museum, London November, 2019  
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Professor Jane Carr

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Professor Jane Carr, far left, judging a kata contest. Healdsburg, 1987 Professor Jane Carr, 10th degree black belt, whom I'd known for ...
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Goings-on at San Francisco Symphony

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Davies Symphony Hall at Night Regular readers and fans of San Francisco Symphony know that the orchestra has many openings, following a larg...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Nikola Printz Schwabacher Recital Media Round-Up

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Nikola Printz, mezzo-soprano, with Jon Mendle, guitar (and theorbo). They're performing Schubert. Photo by Kristen Loken, care of San Fr...
Friday, March 18, 2022

Friday Photo

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  Métro stop Blvd. Richard Lenoir Paris 2019
Monday, March 14, 2022

Trinity Church Fires Julian Wachner

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Monument in the Trinity Church graveyard Well, that didn't take long. On February 28, Trinity Church learned of a sexual assault allegat...

Museum Mondays

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  Household Shrine and Household Goods from Villa B Last Supper at Pompeii Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco August, 2021
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