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Mozart's Attic Thursday Oct 5th at 10:00 PM

Camille Saint-Saens

A prodigy, a polymath, and a man of prickly disposition: that was Camille Saint-Saens.
 
He was born near the beginning of the Romantic era, in 1835, and lived into the days of serialism, ragtime, and the home phonograph -- not that he necessarily approved of all these things, mind you.
 
Along the way he produced a large and varied body of work that includes some of the most familiar pieces in the classical repertoire, as well as others that are not so well known. We'll spend an evening with Saint-Saens' music -- sacred and profane -- this Thursday night.

Originally from central Massachusetts, Jay has called the Space Coast home for more than 30 years. He began his association with WFIT in the late '90s as a dumpster diver for office furniture in response to a broadcast plea for a new chair from a frustrated disc jockey. (WFIT has come a long way since.)