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Keeping Score: MTT on Music is a major initiative of the San Francisco Symphony aimed at offering audiences of today a connection to classical music and the powerful emotions it conveys. Anchored by a major television series designed for PBS, the project will encompass the Internet, radio, and DVDs, as well as educational and outreach programs throughout the United States. Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) and members of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) will talk about their passion -- music, how they became involved in it, and how they use their instruments, training, and experience to bring the composer's thoughts and emotions to life. Television Beginning with two national telecasts on June 16, 2004 on Thirteen/WNET´s Great Performances the pilot for Keeping Score is a two-part exploration of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. The first part, subtitled The Making of a Performance is a viewer's backstage pass to witness firsthand how a performance unfolds and the preparation it takes to play classical music. It will also explore the character and emotions contained in the music and take viewers on a journey of how classical music can enrich life. Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in Performance features a complete concert performance by the SFS and MTT at the Orchestra's home, Davies Symphony Hall. Check your local listings for air dates and times. Web Topics and themes introduced in the Keeping Score: MTT on Music television programs are further explored through this web site. Visitors to the site will be treated to in-depth information about the life and times of Tchaikovsky and the story behind his Fourth Symphony. In addition, the site features MTT introducing the broader themes of music, including cultural roots, emotional roots and historical perspective. These narrative elements will be further enhanced on the site through the use of video, music, and highly interactive activities designed to engross visitors in the rich world of symphonic music. Companion DVD The two-part series may now be purchased on DVD for $19.98 through ShopThirteen.org or at the Symphony Store located in Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. Stay Tuned… This is just the beginning for Keeping Score: MTT on Music. Check back for site updates and announcements about future television and radio programming, educational programs, and additional information. Related Links SFSymphony.org SFSKids.com FindAConcert.org ShopSFSymphony.org Credits  Lead funding for Keeping Score: MTT on Music is provided by  with generous support from Nan Tucker McEvoy and the National Endowment for the Arts Music Credits All music performed and copyrighted by the San Francisco Symphony EXCEPT: Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, op. 20 , conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, courtesy Telarc Records. Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty, op. 66, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, courtesy Telarc Records. Art Credits Special thanks to: Collection of Alexander Poznansky Carnegie Hall SF Performing Arts Library and Museum Period Illustrations are from: McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Library The Mentor Russian Music, Serial No. 118 November 1, 1916 Volume 4 Number 18 By Leo Pavolsky The Story of Russia Serial No. 135 July 15, 1917 Volume 5 Number 11 By Leo Pavolsky The Mentor Association, Inc. 222 4th Avenue, New York, NY The Master Musicians Tchaikovsky By Edwin Evans London: J.M. Dent & Co. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. NY 1906 John L. Stoddard's Lectures Berlin Vienna St. Petersburg Moscow Copyright, 1898 By John L. Stoddard Chicago & Boston Geo. L. Shuman & Co. Norwood Press Art Works: Stuart Davis (1894-1964), Hot Still-Scape for Six Colors - 7th Avenue Style, 1940 © MFA Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Raphael (1483-1520), The Small Cowper Madonna, c. 1505 National Gallery of Art Edvard Munch (1863-1944), The Scream, 1893 © ARS, NY National Gallery, Oslo, Norway Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Contrasting Sounds, 1924 © ARS, NY Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Claude Monet (1840-1926), Impression: Soleil Levant, 1873 Musee Marmotton, Paris Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818 Kunsthalle, Hamburg Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), The Kiss, 1907-08 Österreichisches Galerie Wien, Vienna, Austria Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Dance Class at the Opera, 1872 Musée d'Orsay, Paris Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), Girl With a Pearl Earring (1665-1666) Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands Marc Chagall (1887-1985), The Wedding, 1909 © ARS, NY Foundation E.G. 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