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Composer of the Week:Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

on BBC Radio 3

1/5. A Man of Substance. At the time of his death Camille Saint-Saens was feted far and wide. However, his reputation quickly plummeted and since his death much of his music has been neglected. With Donald Macleod. The Swan (Le Carnaval des Animaux) Eric Levionnais (cello)
Valse Mignonne , Op 104
A piano roll recording made by the composer Three Preludes and Fugues, Op 99 (excerpt) Stefan Johannes Bleicher (organ)
L 'Assassinat du Due de Guise, Op 128 (film music) Ensemble Musique Oblique Septet in E flat, Op 65
David Guerrier (trumpet), Frank Braley (piano), Renaud Capugon and Esther Hoppe (violins), Beatrice Muthelet (viola), Gautier Capugon (cello), Janne Saksala (double bass)
Producer Rachel Hopkin Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Cello:
Eric Levionnais
Cello:
Valse Mignonne
Unknown:
Stefan Johannes Bleicher
Unknown:
David Guerrier
Piano:
Frank Braley
Piano:
Renaud Capugon
Piano:
Esther Hoppe
Viola:
Beatrice Muthelet
Viola:
Gautier Capugon
Cello:
Janne Saksala
Producer:
Rachel Hopkin

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