BMF Saint Saens Program 2 & 3

Rieko Aizawa, piano; Edward Arron, cello; Geoffrey Burleson, piano; Lori Guilbeau, soprano; Jesse Mills, violin; Giora Schmidt, violin; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Jamie Van Eyck, mezzo-soprano; Pei-Yao Wang, piano

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)

Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano in C Minor, Op. 32 (1872)
Arrangements and transcriptions of works by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–87); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91); Fryderyk Chopin (1810–49); and Georges Bizet (1838–75)
Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)
Concert Fantasies on Carmen, for violin and piano, Op. 25 (1883)
Franz Liszt (1811–86)
From Two Legends, for piano, S175 (1862–63)
Louis-Moreau Gottschalk (1829–69)
Bamboula, Op. 2 (1844–45)
Songs and arias by Charles Gounod (1818–93); Anton Rubinstein (1829–94); Leo Delibes (1836–91); and Jules Massenet (1842–1912)

BMF Program Three
Saint-Saëns, a French Beethoven?
Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 8 pm

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
7 pm Preconcert Talk: Christopher H. Gibbs
8 pm Performance: Miranda Cuckson, violin; Danny Driver, piano; Sophie Shao, cello; Kent Tritle, organ; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Symphony in A Major (ca. 1850)
Le rouet d’Omphale, symphonic poem, Op. 31 (1872)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, “Organ,” Op. 78 (1886)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, “Egyptian,” Op. 103 (1896)
La muse et le poète, for violin, cello, and orchestra, Op. 132 (1910)