Gulf Coast Chamber Orchestra: Farrenc Symphony No.3 at Music & Arts Community Center

Symphony No. 3 in G minor, a work by Louise Farrenc, is the last of the symphonies she composed. It is the best known and most appreciated of her symphonies. Although less performed and recorded, it is nevertheless compared by the music journalist Tom Service to the symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann. This all French program includes music by Milhaud and Gounod.

PROGRAM

Darius Milhaud Le Bœuf sur le toit (literally “the ox on the roof”), Op. 58 

Charles Gounod Symphony No. 1 in D Major

Louise Farrenc Sumphony No. 3 in g minor