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Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns) 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.
Whatever the subject, it seemed that Saint-Saëns was an expert at it. His Symphony No. 3 is probably best understood as a ‘Symphony with added organ’, because only two of its four movements feature the instrument. it’s a magnificent work, with the composer saying he was writing to his limits: ‘I gave everything to it I was able to give.
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78. 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 ...
- Betsy Schwarm
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. Although the whole symphony is well-loved, the final movement is what truly lends the piece ...
Symphony No. 3, better known as the “Organ Symphony”, by late Romantic era French composer Camille Saint-Saëns is probably the best known example of secular music for full orchestra and organ. Although he lists the symphony as having only two movements, in reality there are four, clearly separated by grand pauses with fermatas, which match ...
Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor The Organ. Saint-Saëns’ Symphony no.3 in C Minor was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society of London and was first performed there on 19 th May 1886 with the composer conducting. The work was dedicated to the memory of Saint-Saëns’ friend Franz Liszt who died that year.
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Saint-Saëns’s Third Symphony is in two parts, but might better be understood as four movements, wherein the “first- movement” Allegro and “second-movement” Adagio are performed without break, as are the “third movement” Scherzo and “fourth-movement” Presto-Finale.
