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Saint-Saëns 2021
Chez les éditions G. Henle, l’année 2021 est placée sous le signe de Camille Saint-Saëns: en décembre, nous commémorerons le 100e anniversaire de la mort du compositeur français (1835–1921). Saint-Saëns fait encore partie des compositeurs largement sous-estimés. Il est désormais grand temps de pointer les projecteurs sur lui et de faire plus précisément la lumière sur sa personnalité et son œuvre.
Sains-Saëns figure au catalogue des éditions G. Henle depuis le début du millénaire. Jusqu’à maintenant, seules deux douzaines de ses compositions figurent en édition Urtext, mais ce chiffre s’accroît de façon continue. Ainsi, nous nous réjouissons cette année d’une nouvelle publication toute particulière: le célèbre Carnaval des animaux dans la version originale pour ensemble de chambre!
Editions Urtext
Le Carnaval des animaux
Conçu en tant que pièce humoristique de circonstance à l’occasion du concert de Carnaval de son ami le violoncelliste Charles-Joseph Lebouc en mars 1886, le Carnaval des Animaux obtint un tel succès que Saint-Saëns en demanda, peu de temps après, l’interdiction d’exécution et de publication. Il craignait, de fait, que cette «Grande Fantaisie zoologique» - consistant en 14 courtes pièces pour onze instruments - ne vînt faire de l’ombre à ses compositions sérieuses. Cinq mois seulement après la mort du compositeur, elle fut quand même imprimée et entreprit alors - dans sa version originale comme sous forme d’innombrables arrangements - son cortège victorieux dans le monde entier.
Carnaval chez Henle
Disponible sous forme de parties, de partition de poche ou dans l'application Henle Library!
Videos
All our Urtext editions with works by Camille Saint-Saëns are now digitally available in the Henle Library app! Our French app ambassadors Christian-Pierre La Marca, Cédric Thiberghien and Renaud Capuçon are delighted – and so are we, about their very own “Hommage à Saint-Saëns”:
Take part and win!
Quiz Saint-Saëns
Que savez-vous de Saint-Saëns?
Testez vos connaissances en participant à notre quiz; c'est aussi l'occasion d'apprendre!
Origami challenge "Carnival of the Animals"
We would like to thank all participants of our giveaway who were inspired by origami artist Oriol Esteve and folded their favourite animal from the "Carnival of the Animals"!
A square piece of paper, two nimble hands – and Oriol Esteve`s paper turtles are dancing to their piece from Saint-Saëns' "Carnival of the Animals"!
Video: Oriol Esteve, Marta Arrufat
Origami design: Oriol Esteve
Music: Cello part from "Turtles" from "Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saëns, performed by Elizabeta Crnojević
And those who have caught fire can continue folding with Oriol Esteve's books:
https://www.origami-shop.com/arrete-penser-metstoi-plier-seconde-edition-xml-665_2631_2635-7847.html
https://www.origami-shop.com/fold-with-flow-xml-206_2649_208_2620-11960.html
Art competition “Carnival of the Animals”
for children up to 12 years!
The Carnival of the Animals art competition has ended and we would like to thank all the children who sent us such wonderful pictures! We are very impressed!
The winners of our competition have now been selected! Our warmest congratulations go to: Elisabeth (12) from Germany, Ji Ki Kalie (9) from Hong Kong and Yudi (6) from Germany!
All Carnival of the Animals pictures can be admired here.
Blog
Camille Saint-Saëns – a portrait for the 100th anniversary of his death
Whereas in 2020 the music world’s focus was on Beethoven’s 250th birthday, we can salute another anniversary celebrant at the start of this new year: Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), although as with that of his precursor, his actual anniversary date falls only in December. ‘But just a moment now,’ you, dear blog reader, will say:
Carnival 2021: The zoo is attracting a lot of attention in the animal and music world
The animal world is also affected by Covid-19 and the resulting measures to contain the virus. Owing to the lockdown, zoos are closed to visitors. And what about the animals? They are simply bored.
Last fall, however, a strange incident occurred at Munich’s Hellabrunn Zoo. Word apparently got around that the G. Henle Verlag was holding a major casting call for animals.
“My fingering may inspire to play in the right style” – Interview with Pascal Rogé
To celebrate the French pianist Pascal Rogé’s 70th birthday on 6 April 2021, we asked him for an interview. He represents worldwide one of his generation’s best-known performers of 19th- and 20th-century French music, setting interpretative standards for this music in his concerts, master classes and CD recordings.
How do fossils behave? On a passage in Saint-Saëns’ Carnaval des animaux
When a composer decides against publishing one of his works during his lifetime, there are usually good reasons: Either it is a youthful or study work that would be too insignificant for publication or it represents a style that has meantime been abandoned.