| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2013 Jesuits' Church | New Century Baroque in the footsteps of the Grand Tour | Anthony Hart |
My sweet course of the sumptuous feast, under the title of the Valletta International Baroque Festival, arrived on 18 January. The fare was a selection of various European deserts, performed by the New Century Baroque at the Jesuit Church in Valletta.
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| 17-Jan-2013 St John's Co-Cathedral | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment pays a tribute to Maltese Baroque music in Valletta | Anthony Hart |
The main course of the sumptuous feast, under the title of the Valletta International Baroque Festival, arrived on 17 January. The fare was an international favourite with a Maltese surprise.
The concert, the eighth in the series, was given by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in the magnificent setting of the ornate St John’s Co-Cathedral.
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| 16-Jan-2013 All Souls Church | Valletta International Baroque Festival: Italian sacred polyphony in 17th-century Malta | Anthony Hart |
My second course of the sumptuous feast under the title of the Valletta International Baroque Festival arrived on 16 January. The fare was a Maltese delicacy with Italian overtones. The concert was performed by the Cappella Sanctae Catharinae at the church dedicated to all souls in Valletta.
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| 15-Jan-2013 Teatru Manoel | Valletta International Baroque Festival: Jeune Orchestre Atlantique revives Maltese music | Anthony Hart |
If we consider the word “festival” and its synonym “feast”, the Valletta International Baroque Festival, which started on 9 January and continues to 26 January, has proven to be a sumptuous feast, nay, a veritable banquet.
The festival has brought Baroque music to a Baroque city. It is the city’s first, hopefully not the last, festival of music of the Baroque period. The concerts have provided a kaleidoscope of music of the period featuring both local and international talent.
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