Camille Saint-Saens Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No3

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Camille Saint-Saens

Observations

This manuscript is scored for an orchestral instrument which explains why so many staves are left unmarked.  Yet the markings are precise, delicate, and dare I say it, quite French in their clarity and control. It’s almost as though a butterfly or fairy danced across the paper which actually belies the power of the music, itself.

Saint-Saëns plays the opening of his 2nd piano concerto

Saint Saens Piano Concerto No. 3 in Eb major - Catherine Lan