We'll hear a fine performance from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, led by Matthias Bamert (mah-TEE-ahs BAM-ert). It's the Symphony in C, by the 17-year-old Georges Bizet (zhorzh bee-ZAY). It's ...

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Bizet’s only symphony was composed in 1855 as a school exercise. The 17-year-old composer promptly forgot about the piece, and the manuscript was spotted in the archives of the Paris Consevatoire some ...

Stephen Johnson explores the colourful world of Bizet's Symphony in C, a work the composer wrote while he was still a student at the Paris Conservatoire. Show more Bizet's "Symphony in C" has a ...

Marche funèbre RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Jean-Luc Tingaud, Conductor Georges Bizet, Composer Overture Georges Bizet, Composer RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Jean-Luc Tingaud, Conductor Patrie ...

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Two of Bizet’s most popular orchestral works are given sunny performances by the Orchestre de Paris, bringing both charm and freshness to the Symphony in C and the five pieces of Jeux d’enfants. If ...

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French composer Georges Bizet was 17 when he wrote "Symphony in C" in 1855. It was discovered decades after the death of the composer.

Bizet's "Symphony in C" has a fascinating history. Written when Bizet was studying at the Paris Conservatoire, probably as a student assignment, it seems he made no effort to have the work published ...

The conductor Ernest Ansermet held a grudge against atonal music, saying it went against the "true path" of tonality. In this performance, the Suisse Romande Orchestra plays a tune catchy enough to ...