Name: Chamber Music at Davies Symphony Hall
Start: 2023-12-17T14:00:00
Location: Davies Symphony Hall

Julio Elizalde

Jessie Fellows

Jonathan Vinocour

James Button

Sébastien Gingras

Katie Kadarauch

Leonid Plashinov-Johnson

Wyatt Underhill

David Chernyavsky

Asya Gulua

San Francisco Symphony

Conductor Stéphane Denève joins the San Francisco Symphony for an extraordinary program featuring two powerhouses of the French symphonic organ tradition, performed by Olivier Latry. Poulenc’s Organ Concerto was inspired by the intricate organ fantasies of Buxtehude, Bach, and other Baroque composers. “This is not the happy-go-lucky Poulenc,” he confessed in a letter, “but a Poulenc en route to the cloister—a 15th-century Poulenc, if you like.” Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony has been a hit with audiences since 1886, when the composer led the Royal Philharmonic Society in its world premiere. His writing for the organ—quietly shaded at first, commanding later—is the perfect showcase for Davies Symphony Hall’s magnificent Ruffatti Organ.

Denève Conducts Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony

Davies Symphony Hall

Experience intimate chamber music programs curated and performed by small ensembles of SF Symphony musicians. In this concert: piano quartets by W.A. Mozart and Johannes Brahms, plus Arnold Bax’s Oboe Quintet, featuring Associate Principal Oboe James Button.