SOI Spring 2024 Season: Berlioz & Saint-Saëns

Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Sasha Cooke, soprano

Berlioz: Overture, Royal Hunt & Storm from The Trojans
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été (Summer Nights)
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ Symphony”

Berlioz’s music from The Trojans opens this concert with dramatic and powerful music that captures the thrill of the hunt and the fury of nature in a mythic landscape. Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été then offers a contrasting experience — a dreamlike journey through songs of love, longing, and the beauty of summer nights. Each melody is a brushstroke in this impressionistic portrait of human emotion and the changing seasons.

A highlight of the evening is Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3, the ‘Organ Symphony’. This masterpiece is unique not just in its grandeur and complexity, but in its incorporation of the organ, creating a sound that is both majestic and deeply moving, and resulting in a truly immersive experience. The organ’s rich tones, combined with the vibrant orchestral textures, create a symphony that resonates not just in the concert hall, but in the heart of every listener.

Pre-concert talk at 4:15 pm in the JBT Museum.

Box Office now Open.

Season Discount:
For the SOI Spring Spring 2024 Season of the Symphony Orchestra of India, we are offering patrons who purchase tickets for three or more concerts a 20% discount on their purchase.
Use Promo code SOISEA20 to avail the discount.
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Student Discount:
A 50% student discount for the SOI Spring 2024 Season concerts. Please note that there will be a limit on the number of discounted transactions per concert. Only one discounted seat per transaction will be permitted.
Use Promo Code SOISTU50 to avail the discount.
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