Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3, "Organ"

Saint-Saens considered his 3rd symphony his greatest work: “I
have given all that I had to give. What I have done I shall never
do again.” Later in his life, Saint-Saens would be known as an
arch-conservative, but at the time he was writing the Organ
symphony, Saint-Saens was enamored with the formal and structural
innovations of the music of Liszt. Today we’ll explore the
dualism between the piece’s Romantic aspirations and Classical
grounding, plus of course, the role of the organ in this Organ
Symphony.