Joseph Jongen - Symphonie Concertante, Op. 81 (1926)

Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen (14 December 1873 – 12 July 1953) was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator. Please support my channel: Symphonie Concertante, Op. 81 (1926) Dedication: A mon Frère Léon 1. Allegro, molto moderato (in modo dorian) (0:00) 2. Divertimento (8:11) 3. Molto Lento (16:32) 4. Toccata (Moto perpetuo) (27:41) Michael Murray, organ and the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Edo de Waart His monumental Symphonie Concertante of 1926 is a tour de force, considered by many to be among the greatest works ever written for organ and orchestra. Numerous eminent organists of modern times (such as Virgil Fox, Alexander Frey, Jean Guillou, Michael Murray and Olivier Latry) have championed and recorded it. The work was commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker for debut in the Grand Court of his palatial Philadelphia department store, Wanamaker’s. Its intended use was for the re-dedication of the world’s largest pipe organ there, the Wanamaker Organ, as part of a series of concerts Rodman Wanamaker funded with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Wanamaker’s death in 1928 precluded the performance of the work at that time in the venue for which it was written, but it was finally performed for the first time with the Wanamaker Organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra on 27 September 2008.