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Composer of the Week: Saint-Saens

on BBC Radio 3

With Donald Macleod.
3: Marriage
In 1875, at the age of 40, Saint-Saens married the 19-year-old sister of one of his pupils. And although his career went from strength to strength, personal tragedy struck only two years after the wedding. Romance in F Michael Thompson (horn), BBC NOW, conductor Emmanuel Plasson Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor
Steven Isserlis , LSO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
La Lyre et la Harpe (excerpt) Françoise Pollet (soprano), Hélène Perraguin
(mezzo), Daniel Galvez-Vallejo (tenor),
Didier Henry (baritone), Vittoria Regional Choir and National Orchestra of the lie de
France, conductor Jacques Mercier Prélude: Le Déluge Paris Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim
Morceau de Concert in Fminor
Michael Thompson (horn), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Emmanuel Plasson

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Horn:
Michael Thompson
Conductor:
Emmanuel Plasson
Unknown:
Steven Isserlis
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Soprano:
Françoise Pollet
Soprano:
Hélène Perraguin
Tenor:
Daniel Galvez-Vallejo
Baritone:
Didier Henry
Conductor:
Jacques Mercier
Conductor:
Daniel Barenboim
Horn:
Michael Thompson
Conductor:
Emmanuel Plasson

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