Saint-Saëns – Oratorio de Noël
October 15, 2024Camille Saint – Saëns | Oratorio de Noël
Ulrich Seibert | Conductor
Kantorei Alt-Saarbrücken
Solgerd Isalv | Mezzosoprano
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) was just 23 years old when he composed the first six movements of his Oratorio de Noël in a few days in December 1858. It received its first performance, probably at Midnight Mass, in the church of La Madeleine in Paris. He added four further movements over the following five years. When exactly, and above all, why Saint-Saëns composed these movements later, cannot be determined from the sources. –[t]akte