Michael Tilson Thomas News

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts soloists, the San Francisco Symphony & San Francisco Symphony Chorus at Davies Symphony Hall.

Beethoven's "Missa solemnis" is a statement of faith, a statement of beauty. It's vast.

When we last encountered "Absolute Jest," at its world premiere a year ago, John Adams ' orchestral invention on themes of Beethoven was in a sorry state.

Michael Tilson Thomas began a two-week "Beethoven Project" with his San Francisco Symphony on Thursday at Davies Symphony Hall, appropriately enough, with a concert of early Beethoven.

Last night at Davies Symphony Hall, the San Francisco Symphony , led by Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas , began their series of concerts organized under the collective title The Beethoven Project .