Napoléon III’s Exposition Universelle of 1855 in Paris saw the premiere of
this daring, grandiose work, for the opening of the Church of Saint-Eustache. The new organ, a wonder of engineering at
the time, was a fitting pillar of what Berlioz described as a “colossal” and
“Babylonian” performance with nearly one thousand singers and instrumentalists.
Podcasts from the San Francisco Symphony and Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas.
