Celebrate the magic of Christmas with a concert by Porto Symphonic Orchestra at Casa da Música

Casa da Música hosts a Christmas Concert on 20 December, by Porto Symphonic Orchestra, at Sala Suggia, scheduled to start at 9pm.

Casa da Música (CdM) hosts a special Xmas concert on 20 December, with Porto Symphonic Orchestra delivering a grand repertoire by Camille Saint?Saëns, which includes no less than a piano four-hand rendition and an organ on stage.

Camille Saint?Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era.

The concert is directed by Michael Sanderling and besides the Symphonie No. 3 "avec orgue" (with organ), it also includes Samuel Barber Die Natali, op. 36, and Engelbert Humperdinck Suite de Hänsel und Gretel.

For the record, Saint-Saëns was a musical prodigy, who made his concert debut at the age of ten. After studying at the Paris Conservatoire he followed a conventional career as a church organist, first at Saint-Merri, Paris and, from 1858, La Madeleine, the official church of the French Empire.

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