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Saint-Saens's Organ Symphony

Organist Juan de la Rubia raises the rafters in Saint-Saens's Third Symphony, plus music by Wagner, Haydn and Brahms.

Organist Juan de la Rubia raises the rafters in Saint-Saens's Third Symphony, plus music by Wagner, Haydn and Brahms.

Presented by Penny Gore

A favourite with audiences (and organists) for over 130 years, Saint-Saens was commissioned by our very own Royal Philharmonic Society to write a piece for orchestra and his own instrument - it was first performed in London in 1886 and shortly afterwards dedicated to the memory of Franz Liszt.

2.00pm
Saint-Saens
Coronation March
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor

Stravinsky
Piece no.3 (3 Pieces for clarinet)
Dario Castello
Sonata seconda
Lucie Horsch, recorder
Thomas Dunford, lute

Wagner
Tannhauser Overture
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu, conductor

3.00
Saint-Saens
Symphony no.3 in C minor, Op.78 'Organ'
Juan de la Rubia, organ
RTVE Symphony Orchestra
Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

Lotta Wennakoski
Arteria
Lucie Horsch, recorder

Haydn
Symphony no.82 in C, Hob.I:82 'The Bear'
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jean-Christophe Spinosi, conductor

Brahms
Intermezzi, Op.117
Adam Laloum, piano

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 27 Oct 2022 14:00

Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Marche du couronnement, Op 117

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Saint-Saëns: Orchestral Works: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, R. 176 "Organ": IIb. Maestoso

    Performer: Iveta Apkalna. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor “Organ” - Poulenc: Organ Concerto in G Mi.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 104.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pièce No.3 (3 pieces for clarinet)

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Music Arranger: Lucie Horsch.
  • Dario Castello

    Sonata seconda

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
  • Richard Wagner

    Overture to 'Tannhäuser'

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.
  • Iain Farrington

    A Party with Auntie

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
  • John Dowland

    A Dream, P. 75

    Performer: Thomas Dunford.
  • François Couperin

    Le Rossignol en amour

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
  • Joan Ambrosio Dalza

    Calata ala spagnola

    Performer: Thomas Dunford.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oboe d'amore Concerto in A, BWV 1055

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 78 ('Organ')

    Performer: Juan de la Rubia. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española. Conductor: Pablo Gonzalez.
  • Lotta Wennäkoski

    Arteria

    Performer: Lucie Horsch.
  • George Frideric Handel

    As with rosy steps the morn (Theodora)

    Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Glyndebourne.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 82 in C, Hob. I:82 "The Bear"

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean‐Christophe Spinosi.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Three Intermezzi, op. 117

    Performer: Adam Laloum.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto in D minor for 2 pianos and orchestra: iii. Finale (Allegro molto)

    Performer: Lucas Jussen. Performer: Arthur Jussen. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Stéphane Denève.
    • DG.
  • César Franck

    Panis Angelicus (Mass, Op 12)

    Performer: Cinzia Maurizio. Performer: Luigi Piovano. Performer: Daniele Rossi. Singer: Cecilia Bartoli.
    • Sospiri: Cecilia Bartoli.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Thu 27 Oct 2022 14:00