2008 cultural events

This page lists 34 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.

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
03/15/08 @ 17:30	Indian	Sarangi	Aruna Narayan, sarangi	Jain Temple	Milpitas
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
05/03/08 @ 20:00	Theater	Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)	Bus Barn Stage Co.		Los Altos		Long/Singer/Winfield: Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)
03/14/08 @ 20:00	Concert	SFCM Baroque Ensemble	Corey Jamieson, conductor	SFCM	San Francisco		Vivaldi: Gloria Charpentier: Les Arts Florissant
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
06/06/08 @ 20:00	Opera	Mordake	John Duykers, vocal	Shotwell Studios	San Francisco		Wold: Mordake
04/12/08 @ 20:00	Indian	Hindustani vocal	Laxmi Tewari, vocals	Ives Hall	Petaluma
01/28/08 @ 20:00	Concert	Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam	Mariss Jansons, conductor	Davies	San Francisco		Strauss: Don Juan Mahler: Symphony No. 5
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
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
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
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
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'
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
07/26/08 @ 20:00	Theater	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Murphys Creek Theater	Stevenot	Murphys		Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor
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
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'
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
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
09/19/08 @ 20:00	Concert	Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra	Nicholas McGegan, conductor	Herbst	San Francisco		Arne: Comus Rameau: Pygmalion
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
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
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
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
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
04/06/08 @ 19:30	Concert	The Armed Man	SF Choral Society	St. Paul's	San Francisco		Jenkins: The Armed Man
04/13/08 @ 14:00	Opera	L'Egisto	SF Conservatory	Cowell	San Francisco		Cavalli: L'Egisto
06/01/08 @ 14:00	Opera	The Turn of the Screw	SF Lyric Opera	Cowell	San Francisco		Britten: The Turn of the Screw
10/17/08 @ 20:00	Theater	Machinal	SFSU	SFSU Little Theater	San Francisco		Treadwell: Machinal
06/13/08 @ 19:30	Rehearsal	Lucia di Lammermoor	San Francisco Opera	Opera House	San Francisco	Program	Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
09/23/08 @ 20:00	Opera	Die Tote Stadt	San Francisco Opera Donald Runnicles, conductor	Opera House	San Francisco	Program	Korngold: Die Tote Stadt
06/20/08 @ 19:00	Recital	Star Dance Studio	Star Dance Studio	Herbst	San Francisco
06/14/08 @ 14:00	Recital	Sunset Academy of Dance	Sunset Academy of Dance	Lowell HS	San Francisco