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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

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-Saëns (1835-1921): The French Pioneer

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

The French Pioneer

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), The French Pioneer

Donald Macleod looks at new ideas introduced by the composer to his fellow Parisians.

Donald Macleod looks at Camille Saint-Saens's determination to introduce symphonic and chamber music to a Parisian public who were more interested in operatic spectacle.

Donald Macleod looks at the innovative ideas Saint-Saëns introduced to a Parisian public whose tastes were mostly confined to operatic spectacle.  He created symphonies and concertos inspired by his passion for the German tradition of classical form, led the way in developing French chamber music, experimented with the exotic sounds he came across on his extensive travels and was the first composer in France to emulate Liszt’s symphonic poem. 

Guitares et mandolines 
François le Roux, baritone
Graham Johnson, piano

Havanaise	
Kyung Wha Chung, violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor

Piano Trio No 1 in F, Op 18 (1st mvt)	
Florestan Trio

Piano Concerto No 2	
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano						
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
James Judd, conductor

Danse Macabre
Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Produced by Deborah Preston for BBC Wales

Composer of the Week: Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

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.

Donald Macleod surveys the life and work of French composer Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns.

Donald Macleod surveys the life and work of French composer Charles-Camille Saint-Saens.

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