Saint-Saëns: Works for Organ & Orchestra Vincent Warnier

• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): Danse macabre, Op. 40
• 1 Danse Macabre, Op. 40 (arr. E.H. Lemare and V. Warnier for organ) 08:25
• Cyprès et Lauriers, Op. 156 (1919)
• 2 I. Cypres 06:58
• 3 II. Lauriers 06:46
• Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78
• 4 I. Adagio - Allegro moderato - 10:11
• 5 I. Poco adagio 09:49
• 6 II. Allegro moderato - Presto - 07:23
• 7 II. Maestoso - Allegro - Piu allegro - Molto allegro - Pesante 08:13
• Total Runtime 57:45

Info for Saint-Saëns: Works for Organ & Orchestra

To celebrate the inauguration of the newly restored former organ of the Palais du Trocadéro and Palais de Chaillot in Paris, the Orchestre National de Lyon and their organist-in-residence, Vincent Warnier, present two major works for organ and orchestra by Camille Saint-Saëns, both of which are historically linked with the great Cavaillé-Coll organs. The composer himself conducted the French première of Cyprès et Lauriers at the Trocadéro in October 1920, entrusting the solo part to Eugène Gigout.

Camille Saint-Saëns’ inclusion of organ and piano in his Symphony No. 3 in C minor was unprecedented at the time. It was driven – in the composer’s words – ‘ by the progress made in modern instrumentation’. Inspired by Liszt, to whose memory the work is dedicated, it is a spectacular example of music both resplendent and grandiose.

One of the most popular showpieces for organ, the Symphony No. 3 is coupled here with the rare and poignant Cyprès et Lauriers and Vincent Warnier’s revision of Edwin Lamare’s arrangement of Danse macabre – another famous sonic spectacular for solo organ.

Vincent Warnier, organ
Orchestre National de Lyon
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

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