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Saint‐Saëns' Organ Symphony from the ѿý Proms

Mark Forrest showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Camille Saint‐Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’ played by the ѿý Symphony Orchestra.

Mark Forrest showcases the best performances by ѿý orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

All this week, we are featuring the best of the ѿý Proms 2025. In today's programme Camille Saint‐Saëns' powerful Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’ is played by organist Rachel Mahon with the ѿý Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marie Jacquot, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra are conducted by Klaus Mäkelä in Bela Bartok's dazzling Concerto for Orchestra.

There's also summer music making from Switzerland with highlights from the Verbier festival. Today, Max Bruch's Double Concerto for Clarinet and Viola is played by clarinettist Pierre Génisson and viola player Antoine Tamestit with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy. There's also Ernest Bloch from violinist Boris Brovtsyn, and guitarist Thibaut Garcia plays Mangoré's La Catedral.

Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä (conductor)

Agustín Barrios Mangoré
La Catedral
Thibaut Garcia (guitar)

Camille Saint‐Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’
Rachel Mahon (organ)
ѿý Symphony Orchestra
Marie Jacquot (conductor)

Ernest Bloch
Violin Sonata No. 1
Boris Brovtsyn, violin
Julien Quentin, piano

Max Bruch
Double Concerto for Clarinet and Viola in E minor, op. 88
Pierre Génisson (clarinet)
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy (conductor)

To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers) just say "Ask ѿý Sounds to play Classical Live".

15 days left to listen

2 hours, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Béla Bartók

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
  • Kodály Zoltán

    Allegro Vivace from Dances of Galanta (encore)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
  • William Grant Still

    Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Gabriele Strata.
  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    La Catedral

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No. 3 in C minor, 'Organ'

    Performer: Rachel Mahon. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marie Jacquot.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Violin Sonata No. 1

    Performer: Julien Quentin. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Garden Scene, from 'Much Ado About Nothing, suite, Op. 11

    Performer: Julien Quentin. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn.
  • Margaret Sutherland

    Haunted Hills

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jaime Martín.
  • Robert Schumann

    Meine Rose from 6 Gedichte von Lenau und Requiem Op.90

    Performer: Gary Beecher. Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan.
  • Max Bruch

    Double Concerto for Clarinet and Viola in E minor, Op. 88

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Pierre Génisson. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Sep 2025 13:00