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Jean-Yves Thibaudet: Saint-Saens is great fun!

Posted on the October 31st, 2009 under Saint Saens

“I actually regard playing a concerto almost like it’s chamber music. That’s why I enjoy it so much,” pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet says. As a concerto soloist, “I don’t feel I’m playing and not listening to the orchestra while they follow me. Music is ::More

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Saint Saens extending the formal boundaries of a symphony

Posted on the May 23rd, 2009 under Saint Saens

Usually it is deference to the demands of a “programme” that influences composers in extending the formal boundaries of a symphony, and when this is done the result is frequently a work which can only be called a symphony by courtesy. Saint-Saens, however, attempted an original ::More