The Dudelange organ underwent significant modifications in 1962 to align with a neo-baroque aesthetic, but was later restored and expanded between 2001 and 2002 to allow for stylistically authentic performance of romantic-symphonic repertoire.
Performer Biography
Robert Delcamp has toured extensively as a concert artist throughout the United States and was a featured artist at York Minster in England in 1999.
Instruments
The organ used for this recording, located in St Martin's Church at Dudelange, Luxembourg, was originally built in 1912 by Georg and Eduard Stahlhuth, incorporating German, French, and English organ-building characteristics.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The organ remained a central aspect of Saint-Saëns' musical personality and compositional activity throughout his long life, with some of his first and last works written for the instrument.
Performer Biography
Robert Delcamp, the organist on this album, is a Professor of Music, University Organist and Choirmaster, and Chair of the Music Department at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
Composer Biography
Saint-Saëns held the prestigious position of organist at the Madeleine in Paris for nearly twenty years, starting in 1857.
Composer Biography
Camille Saint-Saëns, the composer, was a child prodigy who wrote his first piano piece at three and formally debuted as a pianist at ten.
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