Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony at Severance Music Center

The Cleveland OrchestraThierry Fischer, conductorVilde Frang, violinBOULEZ NotationsSTRAVINSKY Violin ConcertoSAINT-SANS Symphony No. 3 ("Organ")Saint-Sanss captivating Organ Symphony is a forceful statement for the genre itself. Written at a time when opera was perceived as the acme of musical expression, Saint-Sans summoned the full emotive forces of the symphonic orchestra and organ to achieve the purest form of expression untethered to text, story line, or characters. Severances Norton Memorial Organ shines in this journey from somber contemplation to radiant redemption, which provided a model for none other than Mahlers Resurrection Symphony.