This page lists 38 cultural events I attended in 2008. 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, 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
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01/17/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Elisabeth Chojnacka, harpsichord |
Davies | San Francisco | Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 Xenakis: A l'Île de Gorée Schubert: Symphony in C 'The Great' |
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01/28/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam | Mariss Jansons, conductor | Davies | San Francisco | Strauss: Don Juan Mahler: Symphony No. 5 |
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02/07/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor Robert Levin, fortepiano |
Herbst | San Francisco | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' Reicha: Overture Schubert: Symphony No. 3 |
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02/11/08 @ 19:00 | Chamber | Earplay | Mary Chun, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Einbond: Beside Oneself Davies: Hymnos Horst: Creature Songs Vivier: Paramirabo Feldman: I met heine on the rue fürstenberg Festinger: Diary of a Journey |
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02/22/08 @ 19:00 | Sports | SAP Open tennis | HP Pavilion | San Jose | ||||||
03/13/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Graun: from Cleopatra e Cesare Hasse: from Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra Quantz: Flute Concerto Handel: from Giulio Cesare Heinichen: Concerto Mattheson: Cleopatra |
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03/14/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | SFCM Baroque Ensemble | Corey Jamieson, conductor | SFCM | San Francisco | Vivaldi: Gloria Charpentier: Les Arts Florissant |
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03/15/08 @ 17:30 | Indian | Sarangi | Aruna Narayan, sarangi | Jain Temple | Milpitas | |||||
03/16/08 @ 14:00 | Chamber | Richard Stoltzman | Richard Stoltzman, clarinet | Gould | San Francisco | Schubert: Sonatina Schumann: Fantasiestucke Sculthorpe: Songs of Sea and Sky Bernstein: Sonata Brahms: Sonata No. 1 |
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04/03/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Handel: Zakok the Priest Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1 Purcell: My Beloved Spake Purcell: Chacony Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord Alway Handel: Dettingen Te Deum |
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04/05/08 @ 20:00 | Chamber | Richard Fleisher | Richard Fleisher, piano | Gould | San Francisco | Schubert: Fantasy for piano four hands Ravel: La Valse Schubert: Sonata D. 960 |
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04/06/08 @ 19:30 | Concert | The Armed Man | SF Choral Society | St. Paul's | San Francisco | Jenkins: The Armed Man | ||||
04/12/08 @ 20:00 | Indian | Hindustani vocal | Laxmi Tewari, vocals | Ives Hall | Petaluma | |||||
04/13/08 @ 14:00 | Opera | L'Egisto | SF Conservatory | Cowell | San Francisco | Cavalli: L'Egisto | ||||
04/20/08 @ 19:00 | Chamber | Beaux Art Trio | Herbst | San Francisco | Dvorak: Piano Trio 'Dumky' Kurtag: Work for piano trio Schubert: Piano Trio |
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05/03/08 @ 20:00 | Theater | Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) | Bus Barn Stage Co. | Los Altos | Long/Singer/Winfield: Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) | |||||
05/11/08 @ 19:00 | Recital | Rafael Blechacz | Rafael Blechacz, piano | Herbst | San Francisco | Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 9 Debussy: Estampes Szymanowski: Variations Chopin: 24 Preludes |
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05/17/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | Ben Vereen | Ben Vereen | JCC | San Francisco | |||||
05/18/08 @ 14:00 | Theater | Figaro | Berkeley Repertory Theater | Berkeley Rep | Berkeley | Epp/Serrand: Figaro | ||||
05/28/08 @ 19:00 | Chamber | Earplay | Mary Chun, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Burns: Xerox Book Sciarrino: Lo spazio inverso Parra: Trio 'Wortschatten' Fürrer: Presto con fuoco Davies: Ave Maris Stella |
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06/01/08 @ 14:00 | Opera | The Turn of the Screw | SF Lyric Opera | Cowell | San Francisco | Britten: The Turn of the Screw | ||||
06/06/08 @ 20:00 | Opera | Mordake | John Duykers, vocal | Shotwell Studios | San Francisco | Wold: Mordake | ||||
06/13/08 @ 19:30 | Rehearsal | Lucia di Lammermoor | San Francisco Opera | Opera House | San Francisco | Program | Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor | |||
06/14/08 @ 14:00 | Recital | Sunset Academy of Dance | Sunset Academy of Dance | Lowell HS | San Francisco | |||||
06/20/08 @ 19:00 | Recital | Star Dance Studio | Star Dance Studio | Herbst | San Francisco | |||||
07/26/08 @ 20:00 | Theater | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Murphys Creek Theater | Stevenot | Murphys | Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor | ||||
09/04/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Micheal Tilson Thomas, conductor Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianos |
Davies | San Francisco | Ligeti: Lontano Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 |
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09/19/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Arne: Comus Rameau: Pygmalion |
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09/23/08 @ 20:00 | Opera | Die Tote Stadt | San Francisco Opera Donald Runnicles, conductor |
Opera House | San Francisco | Program | Korngold: Die Tote Stadt | |||
10/10/08 @ 14:00 | Memorial | Harvard 1968 Memorial | Memorial Church | Cambridge | ||||||
10/11/08 @ 20:00 | Cabaret | H/R 1968 Reunion Cabaret | JFK, Jr. Forum | Cambridge | ||||||
10/17/08 @ 20:00 | Theater | Machinal | SFSU | SFSU Little Theater | San Francisco | Treadwell: Machinal | ||||
10/20/08 @ 19:30 | Chamber | Earplay | Mary Chun, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Higdon: Dark Wood Carter: Steep Steps Carter: Canon 'In Memoriam Igor Stravisky' Carter: Au Quai Zivian: Trio Furman: Sureña Kraft: Vintage Renaissance and Beyone |
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10/24/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Paul Goodwin, conductor Gonzalo Ruiz, oboe |
Herbst | San Francisco | Bach: Suite of Sinfonias Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 |
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11/13/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Beethoven: Triple Concerto Haydn: Symphony No. 88 Mozart: Symphony No. 35 'Haffner' |
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11/26/08 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | James Gaffigan, conductor Hillary Hahn, violin |
Davies | San Francisco | Tchaikovsky: Voyevoda Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Glinka: Kamarinskaya Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 |
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12/04/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Mark Wigglesworth, conductor Lang Lang, piano |
Davies | San Francisco | Wagner: Overture and Venusberg music from Tannhäuser Wagner: Music from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 |
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12/12/08 @ 20:00 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra | Nicholas McGegan, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Vivaldi: Concerto Scarlatti, A.: Cantata Pastorale Corelli: Concerto Grosso 'Christmas Concerto' Geminiani: Concerto Grosso Handel: Agrippina condotta a morire Dall'Abaco: Concerto |