Saturday evening’s episode of “The New York Philharmonic This Week” is a most French affair. The program is anchored by Berlioz’s programmatic Symphonie fantastique, and supported by his Overture to Les francs‐juges, as well as Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, featuring organist Kent Tritle.
Program:
Berlioz: Overture to Les francs‐juges
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78
Kent Tritle, organ
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Leonard Bernstein, conductor