Storgårds, Saint-Saëns & Thibaudet
National Arts Centre 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaWritten in Cairo during a winter holiday, Camille Saint-Saëns’s final concerto for solo piano and orchestra, “The Egyptian,” finds the composer reflecting on a lifetime of travel adventures—not only in North Africa, but across the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. Described by Saint-Saëns as a “sea voyage,” this concerto and its dazzling pianistic fireworks will be sure to […]