Camille Saint-Saens Sheet Music

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"This is a great piece for Grade 5 double bass - we are going to use it for our school concert later in the term. Thanks for making this so easily available."

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"I picked this concerto as the next to tackle before I work on the Sibelius concerto followed by Tchaikovsky. I have been playing the violin for about 6.5 years and have learned the Haydn, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Beethoven, Scottish Fantasy, Lalo, among others. This concerto is taking a bit more time for me to learn simply because I am not as familiar with the music. The runs are not easy because of the minor keys and frequent switches to other major or minor keys. I find certain parts of the each of the three movements to be somewhat disappointing. It's more like "let downs" ... I was expecting development and further development when Saint Seems did not build on the theme. The second movement in particular started off beautifully and then it ventured off to some rather unexpected and disappointing sections. I prefer the renditions by Clara-Jumi Kang and Gil Shaham on youtube. Shaham plays at a somewhat slower pace ... every note is clean and expressive. Concerto is not performed as often for a good reason."

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