San Francisco Symphony presents Vincent Dubois
2016-10-09
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
3:00 PM, Sunday, October 9, 2016

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[3:00 PM lights down, announcements, Vincent takes his seat at the organ]

J.S. Bach (1685-1750): Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542

1. [3:01 PM] Fantasia
2. [3:07 PM] Fugue
   [work ends 3:14 PM]

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847): Sonata No. 6 in D minor from Op. 65 (1845);
  (based on the Lutheran Bach chorale Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 416)

1. [3:14 PM] Chorale: Andante sostenuto
2. [3:19 PM] Allegro molto
3. [3:24 PM] Fuga: Sostenuto e legato
4. [3:28 PM] Finale: Andante
   [work ends 3:32 PM]

Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Präludium und Fuge über den Namen BACH, S.260 (1855)

1. [3:32 PM] Prelude
2. [3:38 PM] Fugue
   [set ends 4:45 PM; applause, bows, then off after a minute or two]

[4:07 PM; lights down, waiting]

César Franck (1822-1890): Choral No. 3 in A minor from Trois Chorals (1890)

1. [4:07 PM] (Chorale)
   [work ends 4:21 PM; pause]

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937): Allegro vivace (first movement) from Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1 (1879)

1. [4:21 PM] Allegro vivace
   [work ends 4:31 PM; pause]

Marcel Dupré (1886-1971): Crucifixion and Résurrection (3rd & 4th movements) from Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23 (1924)

1. [4:31 PM] Crucifixion
2. [4:39 PM] Résurrection
   [work ends 4:47 PM; pause]

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): Danse macabre, Op. 40 (1874)

1. [4:48 PM] _Danse macabre
   [show ends 4:56 PM; applause and bows, then done for the day, no encore]

• Vincent Dubois: organ.

A beautiful day in the bay area … sunny, warm, a light breeze – just the kind to spend indoors listening to organ music? Well, I guess that's what I signed up for today! On the plus side, Messr. Dubois acquitted himself admirably, performing the entire concert from memory, with nary a lapse or fluff that I could detect, save for a few hurried moments to adjust the stops in the middle of a couple of the pieces. On the minus side, today's recital seemed to lean a bit more towards the shock-and-awe style of performance, something that I find quite tiring after a few minutes. Must be that volume thing: too much of everything is just enough? Yeah, for some folks, it is!

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