08. Celebrating Saint-Saëns

Today we celebrate and explore the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, who died 100 years ago this year (and whose 186^th birthday would have fallen today). Although best known these days for his orchestral works, Saint-Saëns wrote over 140 songs during his long and illustrious career – from his earliest childhood compositions to some of the final music he produced in his eighties. 

In this two-part Song Connections event, Flora Willson guides us through his biography as a song composer, also exploring the impact of his fervent patriotism on his song-writing and considering his legacy and status today. This illustrated discussion then follows Saint-Saëns into the scintillating but semi-private world of the late-19th-century French salon – a world in which the composer’s own Monday night gatherings were for a time among the most important fixtures.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

This event is an in-person and livestreamed event. Livestreamed performances will be available to watch live in our Digital Concert Hall at the advertised performance time and will be available to watch again and on demand until the end of November.

Want to watch this concert in person and at home? 'Hybrid' tickets, valid both in person and for the Digital Concert Hall, are also available for an additional £3 to the in-person price.

All our seating is unreserved. This means you are guaranteed a seat in your chosen area, but not a specific seat. In order to allow for social distancing, you will be seated as an individual or as a group, based on the number of tickets you booked for this concert.

For groups of more than 10, please phone or email the box office to book your tickets.

The event duration is approximately 2 hours 30 minutes, with a 30 minute break.

TICKETS AND PASSES

(Online bookings only)

Book five or more concerts at the same time: 5% discount

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Tickets for both in-person and the Digital Concert Hall will be issued as eTickets by default. Printed tickets are available on request, for an additional fee.

COVID-19

Due to COVID-19 we have to do things a little differently this year. In order to keep everyone safe, our seating and concert conditions are subject to change in line with changing government guidance.

For more information about our COVID-19 safety measures, please click here.

If you are displaying symptoms of COVID-19 on the day of the concert, please do not attend, but get in touch with our box office to arrange a refund.