Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony with Olivier Latry
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Samy Rachid, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ
BERLIOZ Waverley Overture
Michael GANDOLFI Ascending Light, for organ and orchestra
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SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ Symphony
BSO Assistant Conductor Samy Rachid makes his BSO subscription debut in a program featuring the glorious Symphony Hall organ. Olivier Latry, organist at Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral, premiered Michael Gandolfi’s Ascending Light here in 2015. The BSO-commissioned work was composed as tribute to Armenian culture on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Camille Saint-Saëns’s Third Symphony features the organ prominently in its majestic finale. Hector Berlioz’s Waverley Overture evokes the romance and intrigue of Sir Walter Scott’s historical novels.
Friday afternoon’s concert and soloist Olivier Latry are generously supported by the Elfers family.
Pre-Concert Talk
The October 11 performance will include a pre-concert talk starting at 12:15pm with composer Michael Gandolfi and BSO Director of Program Publications, Robert Kirzinger.
- Eleanor L. Campbell Memorial Concert
- The Arlene M. Jones Memorial Concert
Performance Details
Oct 12, 2024, 8:00pm EDT
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Program Notes & Works
Grand Overture to Waverley
One of Hector Berlioz’s earliest orchestral works, his Waverley Overture was inspired by Sir Walter Scott’s 1814 picaresque novel.
Ascending Light, for Organ and Orchestra
Michael Gandolfi’s Ascending Light takes its title from that of an Armenian hymn, “Aravot lousaber.”
Symphony No. 3, Organ Symphony
This was a work Saint-Saëns had put his heart into, and which he deeply loved. “I have given it all that I had to give.”
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