Organization

Conductor

Umberto Clerici

Instrumentalist

Organist

Calvin Bowman

Organ

Others

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony

Clayton

Australia

Monash University Clayton Campus

Robert Blackwood Hall

Melbourne

South Melbourne Town Hall

Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L 87 Debussy (+2 More)

Public

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Ma mère l´oye

Symphony No.3 in C minor Op.78

Approved

Queensland Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Umberto Clerici returns to lead the MSO in a program of orchestral favourites with an epic finale featuring the majestic grand organs of Melbourne Town Hall and Robert Blackwood Hall.

Debussy's famous Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) is a symphonic poem that some consider to be a turning point in music history, as classical music entered the modern age.
Ravel’s Mother Goose is an idyllic evocation of childhood. Inspired by the fairy tale creators of the French Baroque, the suite achieves its powerful emotional effect through the simple radiance of its poetic vision.
Saint-Saëns’ thundering Organ Symphony is a stunning display of the visceral power of this colossal instrument. This symphony is probably best remembered in pop culture as the music to which Farmer Hoggett dances as he nurses his pig, Babe, back to health.

English

Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony by Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, From (2023/2023), Conductor Umberto Clerici, South Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia

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