Name: Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony The Virginia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by JoAnn Falletta
Start: 2024-10-18T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-18T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Ferguson Center for the Arts

$Saint-Sa\u00ebns\u2019 Organ Symphony The Virginia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by JoAnn Falletta$

As part of the Lafayette 200 celebration, Music Director Laureate JoAnn Falletta leads the Virginia Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in a tribute to French musical excellence with Saint-Saëns’ grand romantic symphony featuring the “king of instruments,” the organ.

VSO violinist Brendon Elliott will step into the spotlight as soloist in a concerto by the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a French composer and contemporary of Mozart’s who is notable as the first composer of African descent to achieve acclaim in European classical music.
Tickets to individual concerts go on sale Thursday, August 1. Please contact Virginia Symphony box office at 757.892.6366 to get up-to-the-minute ticket availability information.
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Brendon Elliott, violin
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Lili Boulanger: Psalm 24
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in A major, Op.5 No 2
Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, “Organ”