Celebrating Saint-Saëns is a project in which a young talented soloist and a young ambitious orchestra are introduced to the monumental symphonic work of Camille Saint-Saëns: the Symphony 3 in c minor from 1886, opus 78, nicknamed "the Organ Symphony.
Celebrating Saint-Saëns is a project in which a young talented soloist and a young ambitious orchestra are introduced to the monumental symphonic work of Camille Saint-Saëns: the Symphony 3 in c minor from 1886, opus 78, nicknamed "the Organ Symphony.
Celebrating Saint-Saëns is a project in which a young talented soloist and a young ambitious orchestra are introduced to the monumental symphonic work of Camille Saint-Saëns: the Symphony 3 in c minor from 1886, opus 78, nicknamed "the Organ Symphony.
The Organ Symphony is a composition full of drama, beautiful melodies and special timbres. Written for a large orchestra, a very diverse group of musicians: strings, wood and brass, percussion, piano and, of course, organ.
Camille Saint-Saëns' third symphony was dedicated to composer and pianist Franz Liszt and uses Liszt's compositional technique, thematic transformation.
Listener and musicians are taken/transported on a musical journey provided by a spectrum of timbres and emotions.
Camille Saint-Saëns
Organ Symphony
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony no. 3 c-minor, op. 78
Soundwave Collective
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Conductor
Libia Hernandez
Organ
Geerten van de Wetering