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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

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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 4: The Expatriate

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Episode 4: The Expatriate

Camille Saint-Saens

The Expatriate

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

After a visit to Algiers, Saint-Saens increasingly sought to escape the 'horrible North'.

Donald Macleod considers how Saint-Saens incorporated exoticism into his works. Including Havanaise, Suite algerienne (excerpts) and Piano Concerto No 5.

After his first visit to Algiers in 1873 Saint-Saëns sought increasingly to escape the 'horrible North', partly for health reasons, and partly to find himself. Donald Macleod looks at how the composer incorporated the sound of the exotic into his works.

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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