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 As is not that unusual, the Symphony made an unannounced switch in the program, swapping out Mason Bates' _Alternative Energy_ for +the B-Sides_. While I understand they may have compelling reasons for the change, it's awful frustrating to advertise one thing when tickets go on sale and then deliver something entirely different! As is not that unusual, the Symphony made an unannounced switch in the program, swapping out Mason Bates' _Alternative Energy_ for +the B-Sides_. While I understand they may have compelling reasons for the change, it's awful frustrating to advertise one thing when tickets go on sale and then deliver something entirely different!
  
-Stephen Smoliar posted a promo article on the [Examiner website](http://www.examiner.com/article/mtt-and-sfs-to-present-the-music-of-mason-bates-a-beethoven-context?CID=examiner_alerts_article)+Stephen Smoliar posted a promo article on the [Examiner website](http://www.examiner.com/article/mtt-and-sfs-to-present-the-music-of-mason-bates-a-beethoven-context?CID=examiner_alerts_article),
  
-Mason's program notes are posted on [his website](http://www.masonbates.com/work/work-bsides.html)+Mason's program notes are posted on [his website](http://www.masonbates.com/work/work-bsides.html)
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 +Joshua Kosman posted both a [promo interview](http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Composer-Mason-Bates-experiments-with-new-sounds-5118961.php) and a [show review](http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/SF-Symphony-review-Mason-Bates-B-Sides-5129039.php) at SFGate.
  
 I enjoyed the show, though I was mightily distracted with a cold -- trying to suppress a cough the whole night makes for a poor listening experience! With the program subtitled as "The Power of Beethoven. The Energy of Today" it was pretty clear that MTT and SFS were trying to give Bates a bit of a marketing push. But aside from somehow implying this anoints Bates as the "new" Beethoven, I heard little in common between the two. Bates writing is quite modern, and while interesting, has minimal overlap with Beethoven's compositional style. I enjoyed the show, though I was mightily distracted with a cold -- trying to suppress a cough the whole night makes for a poor listening experience! With the program subtitled as "The Power of Beethoven. The Energy of Today" it was pretty clear that MTT and SFS were trying to give Bates a bit of a marketing push. But aside from somehow implying this anoints Bates as the "new" Beethoven, I heard little in common between the two. Bates writing is quite modern, and while interesting, has minimal overlap with Beethoven's compositional style.

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