At the San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen's Extraordinary Exit
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All good things must come to an end—but must that end come so soon? That's the question Bay Area music lovers and others are asking now that Esa-Pekka Salonen has taken his final bow as music director of the San Francisco Symphony. His tenure, a surprisingly short five years, concluded Saturday following the last of three consecutive—and extraordinary—performances of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 ('Resurrection') at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall.
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