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It is popularly known as the Organ Symphony, since, unusually for a late-Romantic symphony, two of the four movements use the pipe organ. The composer inscribed it as: Symphonie No. 3 "avec orgue" (with organ).
It was also included in the programme for the inauguration of the Schyven organ in what is now the Philharmonic Hall, and it hasn't aged a day! Despite its name, the Symphonie espagnole is a violin concerto in five parts, based on Spanish themes, the country from which Lalo's family originated.
What is Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony? It’s a symphony written by French composer Saint-Saëns cast in two movements. It has been a crowd favorite ever since its premiere in London’s St. James’s Hall in 1886 when Saint-Saëns himself lead the orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society.
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The symphony had a troubled existence in 19th century France. After the Revolution of 1789, the symphonies of ancien regime French composers were largely forgotten, and during the post-Napoleonic era, it was opera, in both its grand and comic varieties, that constituted the main musical interest of the French public. Despite the valiant efforts of ...
Saint-Saëns began his career as a child prodigy who could famously play any of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas from memory; his career as a composer, however, was slower to take off. By the 1880s, he had written a number of successful pieces which had a foothold in the repertoire, but his early symphonies had failed to stick, and it had been many year...
Part of what Saint-Saëns wanted to prove was that the symphony as a genre was not dead. He wanted to show that composers did not need to resort to words in order to convey meaning to listeners, that a symphony could be just as powerfully moving as a Wagnerian music drama (and much more time efficient). Like Beethoven, he hoped to walk the fine line...
Could this be a musical depiction of the apocalypse and the establishment of the kingdom of heaven on earth? Contemporary commentators such as Emil Baumann often resorted to religious language when describing this symphony, and in our own time Watson Lyle, author of Camille Saint-Saëns: His Life and Art, even went so far as to say that the appearan...
5 days ago · Camille Saint-Saëns:Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony" (with Score)Composed: 1886Orchestra: Orchestre National de FranceConductor: Cristian M...
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Saint-Saens' Organ Symphony: The work that could not be surpassed. On tonight's Full Works Concert, Jane Jones has the most inventive work from the pen of Saint-Saens. You might remember the theme from Babe, that tearjerker of a film about a farmer and his pig.
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Apr 9, 2018 · Saint-Saëns described the Organ Symphony as having two parts rather than the standard four movements of a conventional symphony. A plaintive introduction leads to a spirited allegro that starts as a sonata form.
