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Saint-Saens' Organ Symphony

In a hall that doesn't even feature a real pipe organ, Andrew Davis and the New York Philharmonic still managed to pull out all the stops in a performance of Camille Saint-Saens' Symphony Number 3, the Organ Symphony. Kent Tritle, the New York Philharmonic's resident organist, had to make do with an electronic instrument at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. Plus, the best birthday present ever, Richard Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll," written as a surprise birthday present for his wife, Cosima.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Camille Saint-Saens: A Night in Lisbon, Op. 63
The Symphonic Orchestra of France, Laurent Petitgirard, conductor

Francois Couperin: Excerpt from Concerto No. 9 (Portrait of Love)
Peter Sykes, harpsichord, Carol Ou, cello, Fenwick Smith, flute
Jordan Hall, Boston

Gabriel Faure: Barcarolle No. 13 in C, Op. 116
Alessio Bax, piano
Music@Menlo, Atherton, California

Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 (Organ)
The New York Philharmonic, Kent Tritle, organ, Andrew Davis, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City

Hour 2

Richard Wagner: Romanza from Album Leaf
Elissa Lee Koljonen, violin, Robert Koenig, piano

Robert Beaser: Four Mountain Songs
Linda Chatterton, flute, Joseph Hagedorn, guitar
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Minneapolis

Frederic Chopin (Transcribed by Leopold Godowsky): Etude No. 5 in G-flat, Op. 10, No. 5 (Black Keys) and Etude No. 21 in G-flat, Op. 25, No. 9 (Butterfly's Wings)
Boris Berezovsky, piano
Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Leos Janacek: First movement from In the Mists, JW VIII/22
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway

Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniele Gatti, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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