🎂🎻🎶 Camille Saint-Saëns, whose birthday is today, intended this piece to be the rousing finale to his first violin concerto—though its popularity, after a single performance, led Saint-Saëns to publish it separately. From a 2021 concert at Southam Hall, here's the composer's thrilling “Introduction et Rondo capriccioso" performed by James Ehnes and the NAC Orchestra conducted by Alexander Shelley. | National Arts Centre Orchestra | l'Orchestre du Centre national des Arts

172K views · 3.9K reactions | Saint-Saëns’ 'Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso' premiered on this day in 1867 | The first performance was given by the works dedicatee, the then 19-year-old Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, with Saint-Saëns conducting | In this clip, violinist Jascha Heifetz performs the work in 1939 | Read more at https://theviolinchannel.com/saint-saens-introduction-rondo-capriccioso-premiered-on-this-day-1867/ | The Violin Channel | Facebook

CZIFFRA Plays Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso

4.6K views · 148 reactions | Wonderful old & rare record by Tamara Volskaya performing "Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso" by Saint Saens, arranged for Domra & Piano. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJPYZmli4HiTsMgdLFzlweg | The World Music | Facebook

47K views · 2.6K reactions | [BIRTHDAY]  Happy birthday to Janine Jansen! We wish her a day as enchanting as her performance of Saint-Saëns's Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28!  https://rebrand.ly/janine_jansen | medici.tv | Facebook