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An organ symphony is a piece for solo pipe organ in various movements. It is a symphonic genre, not so much in musical form (in which it is more similar to the organ sonata or suite ), but in imitating orchestral tone color, texture, and symphonic process.
The Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, was completed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1886 at the peak of his artistic career. [1] 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).
Organ Symphony, orchestral work by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, notable especially for its grand use of an organ in the final movement. The work premiered on May 19, 1886, in London , where Saint-Saëns was engaged in a concert tour, and it became one of the first widely praised symphonies by a French composer.
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The Organ Symphony was written in early 1886 for a concert of the Philharmonic Society of London for which Saint-Saëns had been engaged as a soloist. In a testament to his versatility, Saint-Saëns conducted his new work after playing the solo part of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto (led by Sir Arthur Sullivan of operetta fame). Rollin ...
Apr 30, 2015 · Don’t miss Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony at the Houston Symphony! Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 April 30, May 1, 3, 2015 Jun Märkl, conductor Benjamin Grosvenor, piano. Buy tickets now! Glossary of Italianate Musical Terms for the Uninitiated. adagio: Italian for slow. A piece of music marked adagio by a composer is often referred to as an ...
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The lowest pedal notes of both the Poco Adagio and the Maestoso, played on the organ, are of almost inaudibly low frequency. The main theme of the Maestoso (4 th movement) was later adapted and used in the 1977 pop-song If I Had Words by Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley. The song and the symphony were also used as the main theme in the 1995 ...
