2005 cultural events

This page lists 18 cultural events I attended in 2005. Movies are listed on my films page, not here. The program index page displays thumbnails of all the printed program images. Cities are in California, except as noted.

I have hard copies of printed programs for most of these events and for earlier 2005 events not listed here, but I have not scanned them yet.


I started keeping event data in the format used by this page in 2010, so data from 2010 to date is accurate. I started keeping appointment calendar data in .txt format in August 2005. I later extracted 2005-2009 event data ex post facto, so data for 2005 to 2009 is less complete and a bit less accurate. I have older pocket calendars and hard copies of event programs going back to 1963, but I have not yet scanned programs for years before 2010 or entered event data for most years before 2005.

See also: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1971 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 All

Click on a heading below to sort the list accordingly. Click on a Program link to see the printed program for an event. Enter a search string (e.g., "Mahler", "Berkeley", "piano") below to filter the output.


Date Category Description Performers Venue City Works
01/09/05 @ 16:00 Recital Poet Power! Elizabeth Anker, soprano Old First Church San Francisco
01/12/05 @ 10:00 Rehearsal San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Davies San Francisco Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
01/20/05 @ 10:00 Rehearsal San Francisco Symphony Alexander Barantschik, conductor Davies San Francisco Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto
Mozart: Serenade No. 6
Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
02/03/05 @ 20:00 Ballet San Francisco Ballet Opera House San Francisco
05/12/05 @ 19:30 Concert Ravi Shankar Ravi and Anoushka Shankar Opera House San Francisco
05/23/05 @ 20:00 Chamber Earplay Mary Chun, conductor Forum San Francisco Program Harvey: The Riot
Festinger: From the Beginning
Wang: Quartet Op. 41
Wilson: For Andy
Kraft: Vintage Renaissance and Beyond
06/03/05 @ 20:00 Concert Terry Riley Terry Riley All-Stars Hertz Berkeley
06/10/05 @ 19:00 Recital Star Dance Studio Herbst San Francisco
06/15/05 Theater Teatro Zinzanni San Francisco
06/23/05 @ 16:05 Sports SF Giants baseball Diamondbacks vs. Giants SBC Park San Francisco
09/16/05 @ 19:30 Concert Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Herbst San Francisco
09/26/05 @ 19:00 Chamber Earplay Herbst San Francisco
09/29/05 @ 20:00 Concert San Francisco Symphony Davies San Francisco
10/14/05 @ 20:00 Concert Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Jordi Savall, conductor Herbst San Francisco Boccherini: Sinfonia 'Grande'
Boccherini: La Musica notturna
Arriaga: Overtura
Arriaga: Sinfonias
10/18/05 @ 19:30 Opera Dr. Atomic San Francisco Opera
Donald Runnicles, conductor
Opera House San Francisco Program Adams: Dr. Atomic
10/19/05 @ 10:00 Rehearsal San Francisco Symphony Peter Oundjian, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Davies San Francisco Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Gershwin: Piano Concerto
Vaughn Williams: Symphony No. 6
11/11/05 @ 20:00 Concert Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Nicolas McGegan, conductor Herbst San Francisco Program Vivaldi: Concertos
12/08/05 @ 19:30 Concert Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Nicholas McGegan, conductor Herbst San Francisco Program Händel: Messiah