Wilhelm Ganz in St James's Hall - 15 June, 1878
from Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life, pages 135-6:
The concert on June 15th was most interesting, for it was the occasion of the first appearance in England at an orchestral concert of the celebrated French composer and pianist, M. Camille Saint-Saens. I had engaged him to come over from Paris and play one of his own concertos, not previously heard here, the now well-known one in G minor, No. 2, which was afterwards to become a favourite piece of all the great pianists at home and abroad. Needless to say, the audience was enchanted. I was thus the first to have given Saint-Saens the opportunity of playing one of his concertos here, and I … more >>
Wilhelm Ganz, Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life. In Internet Archive (London, 1913), p. 135-6. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436252026055 accessed: 6 December, 2024
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
written by Saint-Saens |
performed by Saint-Saens, New Philharmonic Orchestra London |
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Date/Time | 15 June, 1878 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |