About the Show
Concert organist David Briggs kicks off the 2026-2027 Grand Organ Series with a program of French and English Romantic transcriptions for organ.
PROGRAM:
Final from 'The Organ Symphony'
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Transcribed by David Briggs, 1998
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Transcribed by David Briggs, 2017
Improvisation:
Scherzo Symphonique
Symphony No. 5 in D Major
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Transcribed by David Briggs (2019)
i. Preludio
ii. Scherzo
iii. Romanza
iv. Passacaglia