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Composer of the Week: Saint-Saens

on BBC Radio 3

Donald Macleod concludes his survey of the life and work of Camille Saint-Saens .
5: Final Years
In 1913 Saint-Saens played piano at his last public concert at the Salle Gaveau. In fact he went on giving "last" concerts until the end of his life. His old age was creative and he carried on composing well into his eighties.
Prélude (Six Etudes for the Left Hand, Op 135) Michel Beroff (piano) Odelette
Katherine Baker (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Emmanuel Plasson
Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ)
Gaston Litaize (organ), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim
Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)
Pittsburgh SO, conductor André Previn

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Camille Saint-Saens
Unknown:
Salle Gaveau.
Piano:
Michel Beroff
Flute:
Katherine Baker
Conductor:
Emmanuel Plasson
Unknown:
Gaston Litaize
Conductor:
Daniel Barenboim
Conductor:
André Previn

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