Camille Saint-Saëns - Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61 (1880)

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto (1868), the First Cello Concerto (1872), Danse macabre (1874), the opera Samson and Delilah (1877), the Third Violin Concerto (1880), the Third (“Organ“) Symphony (1886) and The Carnival of the Animals (1886). Please support my channel: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 (1879-1880) Dedication: Pablo de Sarasate I. Allegro non troppo (0:00) II. Andantino quasi allegretto (9:59) III. Molto moderato e maestoso (19:14) Kyung-Wha Chung, violin and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster. Saint-Saëns dedicated the concerto to fellow composer-virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, who performed the solo part at the premiere on October 15, 1880 in Hamburg accompanied by