Audio Concert Preview by Robert Kirzinger, BSO Publications Associate
WGBH's Brian Bell on the Symphony Hall Organ
In October 2004, James Levine began his very successful term as Music Director of the Boston Symphony. That month also marked the first restoration in over a half a century of the Symphony Hall Organ. On that occasion Brian Bell of WGBH Radio produced the following feature detailing the event. It also includes the first-ever recording of the organ intended for the public.
About the Music
Young German violinist Viviane Hagner makes her BSO debut in these concerts, performing Prokofiev’s light and lyrical Violin Concerto No. 1. Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit opens the program with a work by his countryman Frank Martin, his neoclassical Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, and piano. To close the program, organist James David Christie gives the recently refurbished Symphony Hall organ the spotlight in the familiar and uplifting Organ Symphony of Camille Saint-Saëns.
![[Charles Dutoit]](/images/musicians/charles_Dutiot95.jpg)
![[Charles Dutoit]](/images/_images/_musicians/CharlesDutoitx63.jpg)
![[Viviane Hagner]](/images/_images/_musicians/VivianHagnerx63.jpg)
![[Ann Hobson Pilot]](/images/musicians/annhobsonpilot63.jpg)
![[BSO]](/images/_images/_musicians/RandallHodginsonx63.jpg)
![[Mark Kroll]](/images/_images/_musicians/MarkKrollx63.jpg)
![[James David Christie]](/images/_images/_musicians/JamesDavidChristiex63.jpg)
