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Organ Recital

Live from ѿý Proms: celebrated organist Peter Holder pays tribute to centenary composer Saint-Saëns with his Fantaisie No. 1 in E flat major.

Live from ѿý Proms: celebrated organist Peter Holder pays tribute to centenary composer Saint-Saëns with his Fantaisie No. 1 in E flat major.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Georgia Mann

Meyerbeer, transcr. W. T. Best Le prophète - Coronation March
Bach Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
Widor Symphony No. 5 - Allegro vivace (1st movt)
Saint-Saens Fantaisie No. 1 in E flat major
Liszt Fantasy & Fugue on ‘Ad nos, ad salutarem undam’

Peter Holder, organ

Peter Holder pays tribute to centenary composer Saint-Saëns in a programme that recreates elements of the composer’s legendary performances on the Royal Albert Hall organ in the opening season of 1871 and in 1880. His wide-ranging programme includes Liszt’s largest organ work, written for the ‘piano melodium’ (an organ–piano hybrid), and the opening movement from the most celebrated of French master Widor’s 10 symphonies for organ.

There will be no interval

1 hour, 15 minutes

Music Played

  • Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Le prophete - Coronation March (transcr. Best)

    Performer: Peter Holder.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia & Fugue in C minor

    Performer: Peter Holder.
  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Symphony No. 5 - Allegro vivace

    Performer: Peter Holder.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Fantaisie No. 1 in E flat major

    Performer: Peter Holder.
  • Franz Liszt

    Fantasia and Fugue on 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam'

    Performer: Peter Holder.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les cloches de Genève (Années de pèlerinage - Première année: Suisse)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • NAIVE.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Sep 2021 11:45

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