Rob from Maryland 🦀
6:48:18 AM
Good morning, J.S. Bacchus!
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Coffee Cantata
Apr 29, 2026 5:00 AM – 7:00 AM
Music
With J.S. Bacchus
Tribute Show: Michael Tilson Thomas
Today we will be remembering the legacy of one of the finest conductors of American and other non-traditional repertoire who ever lived.
| 5:00 AM |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra & Michael Tilson Thomas Three Places in New England: I. The "St. Gaudens" in Boston Common (Col. Shaw and His Colored Regiment) Charles Ives Ives, Ruggles, Piston: Orchestral Music Deutsche Grammophon (DG) 2001
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| 5:12 AM |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra & Michael Tilson Thomas Sun-treader: II. Tempo Eighth Note = 126 (Bar 51a) Carl Ruggles Ives, Ruggles, Piston: Orchestral Music Deutsche Grammophon (DG) 2001
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| 5:15 AM |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra & Michael Tilson Thomas Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro Walter Piston Ives, Ruggles, Piston: Orchestral Music Deutsche Grammophon (DG) 2001
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| 5:21 AM |
| Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony Images pour orchestre, L. 122: II. Ibéria (Les parfums de la nuit) Claude Debussy Debussy: Images, Jeux, & La plus que lente SFS Media 2016
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| 5:29 AM |
| Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony The Rite of Spring, Pt. 1, Adoration of the Earth: The Augurs of Spring / Dances of the Adolescent Girls Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & The Firebird Suite SFS Media 2009
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| 5:35 AM |
| Michael Tilson Thomas, Garrick Ohlsson & San Francisco Symphony Concerto in F for Piano & Orchestra: III. Allegro agitato George Gershwin Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F & An American in Paris RCA Red Seal 2004
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| 5:41 AM |
| Michael Tilson Thomas & London Symphony Orchestra Ma Mere L'Oye: I - Danse du Rouet et Scene Maurice Ravel Ravel: Boléro, Ma Mere L'Oye, Rhapsodie Espagnole, Fanfare, Piece En Forme De Habanera (2024 Remaster) Sony Classical 1988
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| 5:45 AM |
| Donald Palma, Sharon Prater, Michael Tilson Thomas, Colorado Quartet, Russell Hartenberger, Bob Becker, Garry Kvistad, Glen Velez, Cheryl Bensman, Francesca Martin & Deborah Redding The Desert Music: Second Movement (Moderate) Steve Reich The Desert Music Nonesuch 1985
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| 5:52 AM |
| Michael Tilson Thomas & Philharmonia Orchestra Suite No. 2 in C Major for Orchestra, Op. 53: IV. Reves d'enfant. Andante molto sostenuto Pyotr Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 2 & 4 Sony Classical 1979
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| 6:05 AM |
| New World Symphony & Michael Tilson Thomas Danzón Cubano Aaron Copland Tangazo Decca Music Group Ltd. 1993
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| 6:11 AM |
| New World Symphony & Michael Tilson Thomas La Rebambaramba Suite: II. Comparsa lucumi Amadeo Roldán Tangazo Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. 1993
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| 6:14 AM |
| London Symphony Orchestra & Michael Tilson Thomas Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 for Small Orchestra: I. Allegro moderato Johannes Brahms Brahms: Serenade No. 2, Op. 16, Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Three Hungarian Dances, and Five Hungarian Dances Sony Classical 1991
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| 6:25 AM |
| Gabriela Beňačková, Gary Lakes, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Scott, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra Glagolitic Mass, JW 3/9: III. Slava Leos Janacek Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, Sinfonietta Sony Classical 1991
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| 6:31 AM |
| New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas Bachiana Brasileira No. 4: Aria (Cantiga): Moderato Heitor Villa-Lobos Villa Lobos/Alma Brasileira RCA 1996
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| 6:37 AM |
| New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas Bachiana Brasileira No. 7: Prelúdio (Ponteio): Adagio Heitor Villa-Lobos Villa Lobos/Alma Brasileira RCA 1996
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| 6:52 AM |
| New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas Bachiana Brasileira No. 9: Fugue: Poco apressado Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachiana Brasileira No. 7: Prelúdio (Ponteio): Adagio RCA 1996
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| 6:55 AM |
| Michael Tilson Thomas, Michelle DeYoung & San Francisco Symphony Kindertotenlieder: III. "Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein" Gustav Mahler Mahler: Symphony No. 3 & Kindertotenlieder SFS Media 2001
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| 7:00 AM |
| Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony & Laura Claycomb Symphony No. 4 in G Major: IV. Sehr behaglich Gustav Mahler Mahler: Symphony No. 4 SFS Media 2003
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Chat is archived.
Rob from Maryland 🦀
6:48:45 AM
RIP Michael Tilson Thomas
J.S. Bacchus (host)
6:55:47 AM
Good morning Rob!
J.S. Bacchus (host)
6:55:57 AM
He will be sorely missed
Rob from Maryland 🦀
6:57:13 AM
I'm seeing that (reading wikipedia). My wife knew of him, a little bit
Rob from Maryland 🦀
6:59:16 AM
Have a great week!
J.S. Bacchus (host)
6:59:25 AM
Thanks Rob, you too!