Gaulitana: A Festival of Music 2014 full programme details announced

The annual Easter-time festival, The Gaulitana Festival of Music, organised by the Gaulitanus Choir, this year will include various concerts displaying a variety of styles by an international list of performers around different venues in Gozo.

These include a concluding concert featuring the Gaulitanus Choir, Soloists and Orchestra featuring Messa Papa Giovanni XXIII by Joseph Vella and Missa Brevis In Honorem Johannis Pauli II by Colin Attard celebrating the imminent canonisation of both Popes; a concert by one of the leading UK chamber choirs, the Elysian Singers; a concert by Steinway artist, pianist, conductor and organist Alexander Frey; and 2 concerts premiering in Malta Italian contemporary music in the presence of the composers themselves.

This year, the festival’s 8th edition, the highlight will be a full-staged opera, Tosca, at the Teatru tal-Opra Aurora on the 12th of April 2014.

Tosca, featuring top-notch singers Norma Fantini (Tosca), Piero Giuliacci (Cavaradossi) and Francesco Landolfi (Scarpia), will be held in collaboration with Taormina Festival.

Tosca will be the only event in the festival against payment and bookings can be made by emailing info@gaulitanus.com ^[1], by phoning 99209779/99248963, online here ^[2] or by calling at the Aurora Box Office: Monday to Saturday: 9am – 12pm, 4pm – 7pm Sunday: 10am – 11.30am. Telephone: 21559452

The Online Booking Facility is available for standard tickets. Simply leave your name, surname and email address to allow the theatre to get back to you, and choose your seats freely. The rest of the payment process is 100% safe and strictly confidential.

The ticket prices are on sale now and are priced as follows:

Price List – Standard Tickets

Stalls Rows A – H: €80.00

Stalls Rows I – R: €70.00

Stalls Rows S – Z: €60.00

Stalls Rows AA-AG: €45.00

Hall Boxes: €70.00

Lower Tiers: €70.00

There are a limited number of tickets available for senior citizens and mobility impaired and wheel-chair users, with a €20.00 reduction, these can only be booked by phone.

Gaulitana: A Festival of Music 2014 Programme of events

Fri 21/3 A 4-HAND OPENING

19.30hrs GIUSEPPE FRICELLI – DARIA ALESHINA (Piano Duo) – (Italy Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Sat 22/3 YOUTH & MUSIC 1

19.30hrs PIANO STUDENTS: CONSERVATORIO L. CHERUBINI / ACCADEMIA MUSICALE DI FIRENZE – (Italy) Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Wed 26/3 THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND

19.30hrs JASON CAMILLERI (Trumpet), SHIRLEY HELLEUR (Piano) – (Gozo/UK) Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Sat 29/3 2 VIOLINS IN A MUSEUM

20.30hrs GAUDOS DUO- (Hungary) Rotunda Church Museum, Xewkija

Sun 30/3 THE SUBLIME OF THE SOUL:

20.00hrs PIANO WORKS BY FEDERICO GOZZELINO SOFIA NARMANIA – (Abkhazia) Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Wed 02/4 LIRICAMENTE!

20.00hrs ANNAMARIA STELLA PANSINI (Soprano), BRUNA GRECO (Mezzo-soprano) DAVIDE DELLISANTI (Piano) – (Italy) Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Sun 06/4 CHOIR A CAPPELLA

18.30hrs THE ELYSIAN SINGERS – (UK) St Augustine Church, Victoria

Sat 12/4 TOSCA: 3-ACT OPERA BY GIACOMO PUCCINI

19.30hrs NORMA FANTINI (Soprano)

PIERO GIULIACCI (Tenor)

FRANCESCO LANDOLFI (Baritone)

GAULITANUS CHOIR

MALTA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

ENRICO CASTIGLIONE (Director)

COLIN ATTARD (Conductor)- (Malta/Italy)

Teatru tal-Opra Aurora, Victoria

Sun 13/4 A PIANO ZAKUSKA

11.00hrs ELENA LEBEDEVA (Piano) – (Russia) Ministry for Gozo Hall, Ellen Victoria

Sat 19/4 CRUCIFIXUS EST: A SACRED VOCAL RECITAL

11.30hrs AGATA BIENKOWSKA (Mezzo-soprano) FRANCA MOSCHINI (Accompanist) – (Poland/Italy) St James Church, Victoria

Sun 20/4 CELEBRATING EASTER: A FESTIVE VOCAL RECITAL

20.00hrs AGATA BIENKOWSKA (Mezzo-soprano) FRANCA MOSCHINI (Piano) – (Poland/Italy) Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Wed 23/4 HARPING IN A CHURCH

19.45hrs JACOB PORTELLI (Harp) FRANK CAMILLERI (Violoncello) – (Gozo) Jesus of Nazareth Church, Xaghra

Sat 26/4 MORNING TRILLS & FRILLS

11.30hrs ELIANA RUSSO (Flute), TANIA CARDILLO (Piano) – (Italy) Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Sun 27/4 A VIOLIN TRIO ANTIPASTO

11.00hrs TRIO FENILYA – (Italy) Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Wed 30/4 YOUTH & MUSIC 2

19.30hrs STEPHANIE PORTELLI, ANNABELLE ZAMMIT (Sopran) VANESSA CAMENZULI (Mezzo-soprano) – (Malta) Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Thurs 01/5 ALLELUJAH: SACRED CHORAL MUSIC

19.30hrs ST PAUL CHORAL SOCIETY – (Malta) Gozo Cathedral, Victoria

Sat 03/5 A WALK THROUGH MUSIC

20.00hrs ANA MARIA BADIA NIKIFOROVA (Violin) NORIKO USHIODA(Piano) – (Spain/Japan) Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Mon 05/5 YOUTH & MUSIC 3

20.00hrs PARTICIPANTS – MALTA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Wed 07/5 ` CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN CHAMBER WORKS

20.00hrs ENSEMBLE SYNAPSIS – (Italy) Ministry for Gozo Hall, Victoria

Thurs 08/5 PIPES IN A BASILICA

20.00hrs ALEXANDER FREY (Organ) – (USA) Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady, Xaghra

Sat 10/5 FINALE – CELEBRATING 2 CANONISATIONS

20.30hrs GAULITANUS CHOIR & SOLOISTS GAULITANA FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA – (Gozo) St Peter & St Paul Basilica, Nadur

Artistic Director: COLIN ATTARD