Music of the Week
Symphony No. 3 (Finale)
Camille Saint-Saëns
January 3, 2025
Music of the Week, January 3, 2025
Symphony No. 3 (Finale)
Camille Saint-Saëns
We are opening the new year with a grand piece from the reopening concert of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris under star conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
Dudamel guides the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Notre Dame’s titular organist Olivier Latry to a breathtaking performance, while the innate acoustics and powerful reverb of the enormous building appear almost like a “second orchestra” that the maestro captures and incorporates into a vibrating soundscape emerging from both the architecture and the composition.
Listen with headphones, and follow up with the first movement of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony that seems to have found its natural home in this majestic church!
Links
Full reopening concert of December 7, 2024 on Deutsche Grammophon streaming service
Gustavo Dudamel (Homepage)
Camille Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 (Wikipedia)
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