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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Camille Saint-Saens

Composer of the Week: Camille Saint-Saens: Episode 3: The Patriot

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Episode 3: The Patriot

Camille Saint-Saens

The Patriot

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Camille Saint-Saens, The Patriot

Donald Macleod on Saint-Saens's progression from maverick to establishment figure.

Donald Macleod explores Saint-Saens's progression from musical maverick to founder of the Societe Nationale de Musique.

Donald Macleod explores Saint-Saëns' progression from maverick - fighting for unfashionable composers and causes - to establishment figure, and looks at one of his most important legacies: the founding of the National Society to promote the new music of French composers.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

A look at the composer famous for symphonies The Carnival of the Animals and Danse Macabre

Donald Macleod looks at the French composer famous for symphonies The Carnival of the Animals and Danse Macabre. A child prodigy, he graduated from piano to organ with great success

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