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Author: Brian Peterson
Date: 2007-10-07 21:19
My community orchestra is tackling this one for our next concert. Anyone out there ever performed it or even familiar with it? Would appreciate any information.
Brian
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Author: Tony Beck
Date: 2007-10-08 21:25
Do you mean 2nd Symphony or one of the Concertos? Saint Saen's first two symphonies were not published, and his will prohibits publication. There were LPs made of them 20 years ago or more. The performances were from the original manuscripts. These are student works, kind of like Bizet's Symphony in C. Saint Saens was not happy with them.
The 2nd Piano Concerto is fantastic, but requires a great orchestra and even greater soloist, not community orchestra fare at all. The only concert where I witnessed the soloist crash and burn was Saint Saen's second. It was ugly. I felt so badly for her.
There is also a 2nd Violin Concerto. It is all but unknown today, as is the 2nd Cello concerto.
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Author: RodRubber
Date: 2007-10-09 03:42
bizet symphony in C, though written as bizet's graduation work from the conservatoire, is a masterpiece. I love performing that work.
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Author: Brian Peterson
Date: 2007-10-10 19:46
Sorry for not responding, I was unexpectedly out of pocket for a couple of days.
As I understand it, we're playing the II Symphony. I'll know this evening after rehearsal.
Brian
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2007-10-11 02:26
Saint-Saens wrote 5 symphonies. Those numbered 1-3 were all published and are available from Kalmus Music. The other two are unnumbered and, according to the liner notes for the EMI recording, unpublished. The earlier of the two was Saint-Saens earliest symphony, written when he was 15, but the latter, subtitled "Urbs Romana" was written after Symphony No. 1. It won a competition, but was suppressed by Saint-Saens after a couple of performances.
Best regards,
jnk
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