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Three Generations of French Composers, with Escaich

Thierry Escaich
Sebastien Erome
Thierry Escaich

Saturday, September 12, 2020
8:00 PM

Organist Thierry Escaich joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Saint-Saëns's tour-de-force "Organ" Symphony and a concerto by Poulenc, plus Alain Altinoglu conducts music from Debussy's "Pelleas and Melisande."

Alain Altinoglu, conductor
Thierry Escaich, organ

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DEBUSSY (arr. ALTINOGLU) Suite from Pelleas and Melisande
POULENC Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra, and Timpani
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ Symphony

Thierry Escaich describes the artistic possibilities of the Symphony Hall Aeolian-Skinner organ in music by Poulenc and Saint-Saëns in a preview of the concert with WCRB's Brian McCreath: