Before we get to a seldom-heard symphony by Camille Saint-Saens later in the hour, we feature a bit of lighthearted music from Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals" — "The Aquarium," and "Tortoises." ...

The official theme song of the Cannes Film Festival is “The Aquarium” from Camille Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals. It’s a piece that’s somehow become the go-to “magic of cinema” theme, due ...

The Utah Symphony and music director Thierry Fischer launched their two-week Saint-Saëns festival on Friday. The concert, recorded as part of a three-album deal with European label Hyperion, included ...

It’s a great injustice that French composer Camille Saint-Saëns is most widely remembered for a mere handful of his hundreds of works. Ironically, the evergreen “Carnival of the Animals,” among the ...

This week Rhythm Planet features more levitational music with dreamscapes by David Sylvian in a rare 45 RPM EP featuring Jon Hassell and Holger Czukay, Saint-Saens' dizzying song "Aquarium," the ...

There’s a famous anecdote about a visit between the young Camille Saint-Saëns — at the time a rising Parisian composer and gifted performer — and the German composer he respected so much, Richard ...

The saints come marching into the latest Hartford Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concert, at The Bushnell’s Belding Theater. There’s Camille Saint-Saëns, Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges plus ...