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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.
Saint-Saëns c. 1880 Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (UK: / ˈ s æ̃ s ɒ̃ (s)/, US: / s æ̃ ˈ s ɒ̃ (s)/ ; French: [ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃(s)] ⓘ ; [n 1] 9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto (1868), the First Cello ...
Andrew-John Smith is an English church musician, concert organist and conductor. Between 2008 and 2012, he recorded the complete organ works by Camille Saint-Saëns in three volumes. [ 1 ] Since 1997, he has been director of music at St Peter's, Eaton Square.
for organ Keyboard: organ — 78: 1857: Fantaisie en mi bémol majeur: Fantaisie in E ♭ major: for organ Keyboard: organ: 9: 80: 1859: Bénédiction nuptiale: Bénédiction nuptiale in F major: for organ Keyboard: organ — 1863: La prédication aux oiseaux, St François d'Assise, Légende for organ: transcription of the first St. Francis ...
The following is a list of notable organists from the past and present who perform organ literature This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12, by Camille Saint-Saëns, also known as his Christmas Oratorio, is a cantata-like work scored for soloists, chorus, organ, strings and harp.. While an organist at La Madeleine, Saint-Saëns wrote the Christmas oratorio in less than a fortnight, completing it ten days before its premiere on Christmas 1858
The best known examples of such pieces are Camille Saint-Saëns's Symphony No. 3 and the Symphony for Organ and Orchestra by Aaron Copland, though strictly speaking such pieces are closer in form to orchestral symphonies than to the solo organ works described above.
The Requiem, full title Messe de Requiem, Op. 54, is a Requiem Mass composed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1878 for soloists, choir and orchestra. He composed it in memory of his friend and patron, Albert Libon, and conducted the first performance on 22 May 1878 at Saint-Sulpice, Paris, with Charles-Marie Widor as the organist.