Travelling Man

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Donald Macleod closes the week with Saint‑Saëns on the move, travelling to escape grief, restore his health and find new inspiration far from Paris. Today, he looks at the composer’s encounters abroad, from royal visits to quiet periods of solitude, and the ways in which unfamiliar landscapes, new friendships and long periods on the road fed back into his work. Suite algérienne, Op. 60 – I. Prélude Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Francis Travis, conductor Étienne Marcel – Ballet Music: Entrée des écoliers et des ribaudes; Musette guerrière; Pavane; Valse Residentie Orkest Den Haag Jun Märkl, conductor Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33 – I. Allegro non troppo Steven Isserlis, cello London Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Le carnaval des animaux Isata Kanneh‑Mason, piano Jeneba Kanneh‑Mason, piano Braimah Kanneh‑Mason, violin Ayla Sahin, violin Timothy Ridout, viola Sheku Kanneh‑Mason, cello Toby Hughes, double bass Adrian Spillett, xylophone Adam Walker, flute Alasdair Malloy, glass harmonica Oboe Sonata in D major, Op. 166 – II. Ad libitum – Allegretto Charles Hamann, oboe Stéphane Lemelin, piano Produced by Ellie Ajao for BBC Audio Wales and West.