Courtesy Boston Symphony Orchestra)' title=' Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, in Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the Ode to Joy, on August 28, 2022. It was Tilson Thomas's last concert with the BSO, where he began his career in 1969, as its assistant conductor and pianist. (photo credit: Hilary Scott/Courtesy Boston Symphony Orchestra)' />
Facing a return of his brain cancer, Tilson Thomas says goodbye with one final concert in San Francisco.