Piano Concerto no. 5 (Egyptian) op. 103

Camille Saint-Saëns: Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 (Ägyptisches) op. 103 = Concierto para piano nº 5 en fa mayor, opus 103, "Egipcio". Reducción para dos pianos.

Edición de / Edited by: Jost, Peter
Fingering by .:Rogé, Pascal

This was the last concerto that Saint-Saëns wrote for his own instrument, the piano. Its subtitle has a dual meaning. Firstly, it was composed quickly in Luxor and Cairo in early 1896; and secondly, the composer incorporated elements of Egyptian and oriental music within it. He even wrote later that "The second movement is a kind of journey to the Orient, which in the episode in F-sharp even reaches the Far East. The passage in G is a Nubian love song that I heard sung by boatmen on the Nile".