Michael Tilson Thomas Revels in the Present With the New York Phil Posted by By Anastasia Tsioulcas March 10, 2023Posted inBrain Cancer, Classical Music, Music, New York Philharmonic, Ninth Symphony (Schubert) (Musical Work), Schubert, Franz, Thomas, Michael Tilson Thomas, who is fighting brain cancer, conducted two ruminative works, Schubert’s “Great” Symphony and his own “Meditations on Rilke.”