1981 cultural events
This page lists 9 cultural events I attended in 1981. 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 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
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| Date | Category | Description | Performers | Venue | City | Works | ||||
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| 08/31/81 @ 20:00 | Concert | New York Philharmonic | Zubin Mehta, conductor | Davies | San Francisco | Program | Brahms: Symphony No. 3 Mozart: Flute Concerto in G Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë, Suite No. 2 |
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| 09/01/81 @ 18:00 | Reception | Photo exhibit | Ira Kahn, photographer | Bank of America | San Francisco | Program | ||||
| 09/18/81 @ 20:30 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Edo de Waart, conductor | Davies | San Francisco | Program | Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 'Jeremiah' Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 |
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| 10/27/81 @ 20:00 | Recital | Great Performers | Loren Hollander, piano | Davies | San Francisco | Program | Bach/Brahms: Chaconne for violin solo, arranged Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Liszt: Piano Sonata in b minor |
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| 11/08/81 | Concert | San Francisco Concert Orchestra | Robert Sayre, conductor Ray Bachand, percussion |
San Francisco | Program | Milhaud: Concerto for Percussion Debussy: La Mer Berlioz: Harold in Italy |
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| 11/13/81 @ 20:30 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Dennis Russell Davies, conductor Peter Zazovsky, violin |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Wagner: Prelude to Tristan und Isolde Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 3 Mozart: Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter' |
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| 11/22/81 @ 20:00 | Recital | Great Performers | Murray Perahia, piano | Davies | San Francisco | Program | Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata in E Beethove: Piano Sonata No. 23 'Appassionata' Schubert: Piano Sonata in G |
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| 12/04/81 @ 20:30 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Edo de Waart, conductor Alicia de Larrocha, piano |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Volkert: Sinfonietta de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Ravel: Piano Concert for the Left Hand Bizet/Guiraud: Suite from L'Arlésienne |
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| 12/17/81 @ 20:00 | Concert | Chicago Symphony | Raymond Leppard, conductor Dale Clevinger, horn |
Orchestra Hall | Chicago IL | Program | Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik Debussy: Nocturnes Schuman: Three Colloquies Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier |
