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. We'll hear their performance, from a concert at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johan Halvorsen: Gigue from Suite Ancienne, Op. 31
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen, conductor
Charles Ives: First movement from Quartet No. 1 (From the Salvation Army)
The Emerson String Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
George Gershwin: Summertime
Jan Boland, flute, John Dowdall, guitar, Carey Bostian, cello
First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Frank Gabriel Campos: The Water is Wide and Variations
Frank Gabriel Campos, trumpet
Ford Hall Auditorium, Ithaca, New York
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in A, Wq 172
Paul Watkins, cello and conductor, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Radio Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Johann Sebastian Bach: Bourree from English Suite No. 2, BWV 806
The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Alastair Willis, conductor
Church of St. John the Divine, Houston
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Alecia Lawyer, oboe, the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Church of St. John the Divine, Houston
Hour 2
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
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