On the 29th of December, 2011, Din l-Art Helwa, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, delighted the audience at Our Lady of Victory Church, Valletta, with a concert by Marco Misciagna on Violin and Vito Vilardi on Guitar.

The Duo, Misciagna e Vilardi, was already known to music lovers in Malta as they performed during the Bir Miftuh Festival, in Spring 2011. The return to Malta of the two young and gifted Maestros for the Din l-Art Helwa Christmas concert was, therefore, all the more eagerly received by a very appreciative audience that was charmed by the music of Paganini, Scheidler and Giuliani and particularly by such musical gems as Gounaud’s Ave Maria and Brahms’ Guten Abend.

Not only was the music heavenly, but it was played in the historic Church of Our Lady of Victory, in Valletta, against the splendid backdrop of the marble Altar and the illuminated apse which boasts the altar piece depicting the Birth of the Virgin as well as the icon of the Virgin so precious to Grandmaster Jean De Valette.

This was the second in a series of concerts being presented by Din l-Art Helwa to create awareness for the need to raise funds for the restoration of the church, in particular for the conservation of the vault painted by Erardi and which depicts various scenes from the life of the Virgin. The Coutauld Institute of Art, of London resumes work on the vault as from this month (January 2012).

Din l-Art Helwa said that it is grateful to Bitmac Ltd, The Rug Gallery and Fimbank, for their kind collaboration.

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