Tuesday 19th April at 8pm
Opening Concert
KorMalta
Chorus Master Riccardo Bianchi
Guitar Evan Plumpton
Venue: St Paul's Anglican Pro-Cathedral - Valletta
A refined programme of 20th century vocal music from the Mediterranean basin; Italy, Spain, Greece and Malta. The repertoire is based on poetry by Gabriele D’Annunzio, Saffo and Garcia Lorca set by Pizetti, Castelnuovo Tesco and Clausetti, with adaptations from Luciano Berio’s acclaimed Folk Songs and works by Veronique Vella.
Price: €20
Discount 50% for Students and Senior citizens
Free for Children 15 years and younger
Wednesday 20th April at 12.30pm
Lunchtime Concert 1
Students from the Malta School of Music
Venue: Malta Society of Arts - Valletta
Price: Free
Wednesday 20th April at 8pm
Charlene Farrugia Piano Recital
Venue: Teatru Manoel
Programme
Khachaturian Recitatives & Fugues
Xenakis à ‘r’
Crumb A little Suite for Christmas
Fiorini Piano Sonata
Described as “Malta’s enfant terrible of piano-playing”, Charlene will be taking us on a journey from Khachaturian’s Armenia, to Xenakis’ Greece ending with Brahms’ Vienna.
Price: €30 - €20
Discount 50% for Students and Senior citizens
Free for Children 15 years and younger
Thursday 21st April at 12:30pm
Lunchtime Concert 2
Students from the Malta School of Music
Venue: Malta Society of Arts - Valletta
Price: Free
Thursday 21st April at 8pm
String Trio Klein
Venue: Grand Salon Museum of Archaeology - Valletta
Programme
Klein String Trio
Xenakis Ikhoor for String Trio
Penderecki String Trio
Schnittke String Trio
Violin, Kamila Bydlowska - Viola, Shiry Rashkovsky - Cello, Ella Rundle
Trio Klein was formed by three award-winning and critically acclaimed musicians. Achieving astounding early success, they gave their London debut at St James’s Piccadilly in 2018 and have performed extensively in the UK including St Martin-in-the-Fields, Bath Recitals, Chobham Music Festival and re-invitations to tour throughout Italy as well as numerous international festival such as Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, disc recordings for NMC and Toccata Classics, and broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, RAI and New York’s WQXR. As an ensemble they present highly varied and innovative programmes featuring masterpieces from the canon alongside rarely-heard gems and cutting edge new repertoire.
Price: €20
Discount 50% for Students and Senior citizens
Free for Children 15 years and younger
Thursday 21st April at 9.30pm
Muse & Madness Dance & Music
Venue: Casino Maltese - Valletta
Choreography Dancer Gyöngyvér Szentkereszty
Soprano Anna Maria Pammer
Guitar Katharina Themessl
Percussion Alessandra Reiner
Programme
Four women; a dancer, a singer, a guitarist, and percussionist bring to life a unique performance embodying text, movement and music.
Price: €20
Discount 50% for Students and Senior citizens
Free for Children 15 years and younger
Friday 22nd April at 12.30pm
Lunchtime Concert 3
Students from the Malta School of Music
Venue: Malta Society of Arts - Valletta
Price: Free
Friday 22nd April at 8pm
Quartet for the End of Time
Venue: Teatru Manoel
Alessia Bonnici
Scarlatti - Sonata in B Minor K27
Haydn - Sonata in B Minor Hob. XVI:32
Gershwin - Prelude no 1
Messiaen Quartet Copenhagen
Clarinet Viktor Wennesz
Violin Malin William-Olsson
Cello Carl Østerlind
Piano Kristoffer Hyldig
Programme
Rohloff Die 4 Himmelsrichtungen
Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Quatuor pour la fin de temps
In a prisoner-of-war camp during the early days of World War II, French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992) created his chamber music masterpiece Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time). Each movement relates to the apocalyptic Book of Revelation, vividly depicted in The Cloisters Apocalypse, an illuminated manuscript from around 1330. The quartet’s fury unfolds in whirling rhythms, but alongside them a vision of eternity sings beautifully in passages of ethereal calm.
Price: €30 - €20
Discount 50% for Students and Senior citizens
Free for Children 15 years and younger
Saturday 23d April at 12:30pm
Lunchtime Concert 4
Karol Zammit Piano Recital
Matthew Zammit Violin Recital
Venue: Malta Society of Arts - Valletta
Price: Free
Saturday 23d April at 8pm
Closing Concert
Venue: Teatru Manoel
Novarte Ensemble
Mezzo Soprano Niina Keitel
Conductor Dimitri Scarlato
Programme
Xenakis Phlegra
Scarlato Malta Spring Festival Commission
Gubaidulina Concordanza
Fiorini World Premier
Mahler Rückert-Lieder
Malta School of Music Percussion Ensemble
Kristen Shiner McGuire - Water Wheel
Mario Gaetano - Study no. 1: Membranes
Nathan Daughtry - Rhyme or Reason
Price: €30 - €20
Discount 50% for Students and Senior citizens
Free for Children 15 years and younger
