Camille Saint-Saens has a well-deserved reputation for great melodies and a direct approach to his music which both charms audiences and pleases musicians. A French composer, he lived from 1835 to 1921. An excellent pianist from early childhood, he soon turned to composing and wrote many works including The Carnival of the Animals for orchestra and the opera Samson and Delilah.
Bach hardly needs an introduction as most people have heard of the musician (1685 to 1750) who served for 27 years as director of music at St Thomas's Church in Leipzig, Germany. He wrote more than 200 cantatas for the Lutheran Church, most with orchestral accompaniments, the St John and St Matthew Passions and many works for organ.
The concert is scheduled for St Mary's Catholic Church on Cameron Road at 7.30pm on November 19.
Tickets, $25, can be bought at Baycourt or at the door.
My thanks to Val Sherriff.
