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Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso was written in 1863, originally for violin and orchestra. The work is dedicated to the Spanish violin virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, who premiered it on April 4, 1867, at the Champs-Élysées in Paris, with Saint-Saëns conducting.
Saint-Saëns originally intended this piece to be the finale of his Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Major, Op. 20. However, the piece was so successful as a standalone work that he chose to publish it independently. Written for Sarasate, the piece is infused with a "Spanish flavor," featuring syncopated rhythms and a fiery "Capriccioso" character that showcased Sarasate’s legendary agility and "sweet and pure" tone.
In the early 1860s, Saint-Saëns was establishing himself as a leading figure in French music while serving as an organist at La Madeleine. During this time, Saint-Saëns was a scholar of musical history and a champion of the "French tradition," even as he engaged with the "modern" music of Schumann and Liszt.
There are several modern arrangements for flute, most notably by Denis Bouriakov and Jasmine Choi.
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, live performance, September 2021, at the Budapest Music Center, Hungary
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
New York Classical Players, live performance on February 5, 2012
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Chu-Han Huang (piano), live performance in 2025 at the National Recital Hall
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Saint-Saëns Camille
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher who is mostly renowned for his opera "Samson et Dalila", Symphony No 3 (Organ) and "Le Carnaval des Animaux" (The Carnaval of Animals) for small orchestra: humorous fantasy that was not performed during his lifetime.
Gifted pianist and organist, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and served as a church organist for twenty years at renown "La Madeleine" church in Paris which was built to represent the glory of Napoleon's army. For less than 5 years he taught at École de Musique Classique et Religieuse in Paris where Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Ravel were among his students. Even though Saint-Saëns admired some works of modern music of his time composed by R.Schumann, F.Liszt and R.Wagner, he was in conflict with impressionist and dodecaphonic schools of music and regarded as a conservative, even reactionary figure in music around the turn of the 20th century.