‘It’s frightfully melancholy,’ Debussy wrote to Godet. ‘I don’t know if one should laugh at it or cry? Perhaps both?’
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Chamber Classics: French ConnectionsCSO 2022Program note
Fantaisie in A major, op. 124 (Saint-Saëns)
There’s a languid, sun-kissed feel to Camille Saint-Saëns’ Fantasie for violin and harp that may well reflect the composer’s state of mind when he composed it.
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A fanfare-like flute melody announces Ludwig van Beethoven’s cheery Opus 25 Serenade, violin and viola soon responding in kind.
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“…Here we get the composer at his most light-hearted – you can almost hear in these dances a young Shostakovich playing the piano to accompany silent films,” writes Angus McPherson.
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“Make a cup of tea, grab a comfy chair and join me on a musical road trip!” Rowan Phemister, CSO Harp