Easter Celebrations

Tuesday 7th April 2015

Easter Celebrations

Soprano Dorothy Baldacchino will be giving a performance at a lunchtime concert at the Oratory of St. Francis in Republic Street, Valletta on the 7th April 2015 at 12:30pm.  The concert will be focusing on sacred arias.

The programme will include some of the timeless classic arias ever written, such as Schubert’s “Ave Maria”, Mozart’s “Ave Verum”, Lloyd Weber’s “Pie Jesu”, Durante’s “Vergin Tutto Amor”, Franck’s “Panis Angelicus” and Caccini’s “Ave Maria”.

The venue is a baroque Oratory which was originally the friars’ refectory.  Over the years, it had been transformed into an Oratory, hence it is beautifully adorned by magnificent baroque paintings, an elaborate gilded altarpiece and quaint monks’ benches. The oratory is usually closed to the public and the lunchtime concerts are a wonderful way to visit and enjoy the beautiful chapel.  Presently it is hosting weekly music recitals every Tuesday, providing a platform for some of the best musicians performing on the island. 

The concerts are also fund raising events in aid of the Franciscan Church, which is undergoing restoration. Tickets for the lunchtime concerts, costing 8 euro, can be obtained from the venue itself half an hour before the concert begins. For more details phone 7968 0952 or email: baroccomalta@gmail.

 

Programme:

Ave Maria (d.1825) Franz Schubert

Ave Verum Corpus (d.1791) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Vergin tutto amor (d.1684-1755) Francesco Durante 

Pie Jesu (d. 1985) Andrew Lloyd Webber

 

How beautiful are the feet (d.1742) George Frideric Handel

Panis Angelicus (d.1872) César Franck

Ave Maria Famously attributed to Giulio Caccini (1551-1648)