Camille Saint-Saens completed his last symphony in 1886, and said "I gave everything to it I was able to give. What I have here accomplished, I will never achieve again." It's a rare composition for full orchestra and organ. On Tuesday's Performance Today, hear Saint-Saen's Symphony No. 3, the 'Organ Symphony', performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, with Thierry Escaich on the organ.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Francis Poulenc: Two Intermezzos
Pascal Roge, piano
Oeuvres pour piano
London 425862-2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. WindSync): Fantasia in F minor for Organ, K. 608
WindSync: Garrett Hudson, flute; Erin Tsai, oboe; Jack Marquardt, clarinet; Tracy Jacobson, bassoon; Anni Hochhalter, horn
The Schubert Club, Saint Anthony Park United Church of Christ, St Paul, MN
Francis Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata, FP 184
David Shifrin, clarinet; Gloria Chen, piano
The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Dmitri Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No. 2 for Orchestra
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Mei Ann Chen, conductor
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, St. John the Divine Church, Houston, TX
Hour 2
John Dowland: Come Again, Sweet Love
Canadian Brass
Canadian Brass Takes Flight
Steinway & Sons 30008
Jeremiah Clarke: The Prince of Denmark's March
Canadian Brass
The Bells of St. Genevieve and other Baroque delights
RCA 61002
Joaquin Turina: Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76
Scott Yoo, violin; Bion Tsang, cello; John Novacek, piano
Festival Mozaic, Congregation Beth David, San Luis Obispo, CA
Luther Henderson: Dixie Bach
Canadian Brass
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, "Organ" (selected movements)
Thierry Escaich, organ; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Louis Langree, conductor
Springer Auditorium, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
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