Description:

Maestro Dutoit ushers in his second season as The Philadelphia Orchestra's chief conductor with two cornerstones of the French Romantic repertoire, both with substantial organ parts to highlight the Kimmel Center's 7,000-pipe Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ. Saint-Saëns's thunderous Third Symphony keeps the organist so busy it feels like a concerto, and Berlioz's martial Te Deum combines organ with vocal and orchestral forces to highlight a sense of grand architectural space. The juxtaposition of the mature Te Deum and the early Resurrexit (written when the composer was only 19) are part of the Maestro's multi-season celebration of Berlioz's music.

Listen to Charles Dutoit discuss this concert with WRTI’s Jim Cotter.

Related Concerts:

• March 19, 2010
  Beethoven's "Eroica"
• March 27, 2010
  Mozart and Elgar
• April 09, 2010
  The Rite of Spring
• April 11, 2010
  The Rite of Spring
• June 05, 2010
  Dutoit Conducts Strauss
• June 06, 2010
  Dutoit Conducts Strauss

Audio Samples:

SAINT-SAËNS - Symphony No. 3 ("Organ")

Concert Enhancements:

Free Pre-Concert Conversation one hour prior to concert (About Pre-Concert Conversations)

Program Notes:

September 25, 2009 Download Adobe Acrobat to view Program Notes.

Series Information:

Part of the 2010 Connoisseur Collection, and package Friday Aft 9A

Part of the 2010 Matinee Collection, and package Friday Aft 9A

Part of the 2010 Weekday Collection, and package Friday Aft 9A