
Celebrated organist Peter Holder pays tribute to centenary composer Saint-Saëns with a performance of his Fantaisie No 1 in E flat at the 2021 ѿý Proms.
From the ѿý Proms 2021: celebrated organist Peter Holder pays tribute to centenary composer Saint-Saëns with his Fantaisie No 1 in E flat major.
Presented by Georgia Mann, from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
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 ten symphonies for organ.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Le Prophete (Coronation march), arr. unknown for organ
Performer: Peter Holder. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and fugue in C minor BWV.537 for organ
Performer: Peter Holder. -
Charles‐Marie Widor
Symphony no. 5 in F minor Op.42`1, 1st movement; Allegro vivace
Performer: Peter Holder. -
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Fantaisie in E flat major for organ [1857]
Performer: Peter Holder. -
Franz Liszt
Fantasia and fugue on 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam' S.259 for organ
Performer: Peter Holder. -
Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B major, Op 72 No 1
Music Arranger: Patrick Clements. Ensemble: Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- COE RECORDS.
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- Thu 23 Dec 2021 21:30ѿý Radio 3
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