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Composer of the WeekCamille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)Episodes

    Travelling Man

    5/5Donald Macleod follows Saint‑Saëns on the travels that shaped his later music.

    Triumph and Tragedy

    4/5Saint-Saëns faces turmoil as his personal life takes a turn. With Donald Macleod.

    Love in the time of conquest

    3/5Donald Macleod follows Saint-Saëns as teaching, ambition and politics reshape his world.

    To the salon!

    2/5Saint‑Saëns steps into Paris’s salons as Donald Macleod follows his early career.

    It takes a village

    1/5Saint‑Saëns’s early musical gifts take shape in a home headed by two brilliant women.