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Saint-Saens' Years at the Madeleine
From 1857 to 1877, Camille Saint-Saens was organist at one of the most prestigious churches in Paris, St Marie-Madeleine . This week,
Richard Langham Smith visits
Napoleon's great "temple" to talk to French musicologist Jean-Michel Nectoux.
1: St Merri, Satan and the Salon
Music in Parisian churches had both a serious and a gaudy side: Saint-Saens embraced the two.
Danse macabre (arr Lemare) Wayne Marshall (organ) Mass
Isabel Balmori-Padesca (sop) Annelise Theodoloz (alto) Laurent Dami (tenor)
I Alain Clement (baritone)
Marie-Claire Alain (organ) Lausanne Vocal
Ensemble/Michel Corboz Romance, Op 36
Gilbert Coursier (horn) .Annie d'Arco (piano) Records
Producer Tim Thorne

Contributors

Unknown:
Camille Saint-Saens
Unknown:
St Marie-Madeleine
Unknown:
Richard Langham Smith
Musicologist:
Jean-Michel Nectoux.
Unknown:
Wayne Marshall
Unknown:
Annelise Theodoloz
Tenor:
Laurent Dami
Baritone:
Marie-Claire Alain
Horn:
Gilbert Coursier
Source: Radio Times

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