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St Albans Symphony Orchestra
Colours of France: Organ symphony
Part of the St Albans Symphony Orchestra 2019-20 Season
Add to my Calendar 09-05-2020 19:30 09-05-2020 21:30 36 St Albans Symphony Orchestra Debussy’s three Nocturnes were inspired by a series of impressionist paintings by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Chants d’Auvergne is an enchanting collection of folk songs from France, in the local Auvergnat language. The Orchestra’s Vice-President Andrew Parnell joins us on the Cathedral’s organ to play Saint-Saëns’s mighty Symphony No.3. St Albans Cathedral, St Albans DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Albans Cathedral
Holywell Hill
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 1BY
England
Programme
Camille Saint-Saens – Symphony no.3 in C minor 'Organ', Op.78
Joseph Canteloube – Chants d'Auvergne
Claude Debussy – Nocturnes, L.91
Francis Poulenc – Litanies à la Vierge Noire, FP 82
Performers
Tom Hammond – Conductor
Andrew Parnell – organ
Susana Gaspar – soprano
St Albans Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
Debussy’s three Nocturnes were inspired by a series of impressionist paintings by James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
Chants d’Auvergne is an enchanting collection of folk songs from France, in the local Auvergnat language.
The Orchestra’s Vice-President Andrew Parnell joins us on the Cathedral’s organ to play Saint-Saëns’s mighty Symphony No.3.