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Composer of the Week: Saint-Saens

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5/5. Wanderlust. Donald Macleod takes a look at a selection of the many pieces by Saint-Saens that were inspired by foreign climes - including ancient Greece, England and the country that became his home from home, Algeria.
Le Pas d'Armes du Roi Jean Jose van Dam
(baritone), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) Phaeton, Op 39
Philharmonia, conductor Charles Dutoit
La Lyre et la Harpe (excerpt) Choeur Regional Vittoria d'llede France, Orchestre National d'llede France, conductor Jacques Mercier Africa Fantaisie, Op 89
Stephen Hough (piano), CBSO/Sakari Oramo Suite Algérienne, Op 60 Svizzera Italiana Orchestra, conductor Francis Travis Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Baritone:
Jean Jose van Dam
Baritone:
Jean-Philippe Collard
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Conductor:
Jacques Mercier
Piano:
Stephen Hough
Conductor:
Francis Travis
Source: Radio Times

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