Alain Altinoglu, Czech Philharmonic

ABOUT THE CONCERT

Conductor Alain Altinoglu arranged Debussy’s opera Pelléas et Mélisande into the form of a suite. The programme of French music continues with a brilliant rhapsody for violin and orchestra by Maurice Ravel played by concertmaster Jiří Vodička. Also French is the performer of the organ part in Camille Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 3 “Organ”.

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PROGRAM

Claude Debussy
Pelléas et Mélisande, suite from the opera (arr. Alain Altinoglu)

Maurice Ravel
Tzigane, concert rhapsody for violin and orchestra

Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"

PERFORMERS

Jiří Vodička violin
Thierry Escaich organ

Alain Altinoglu conductor

Czech Philharmonic