Gozo´s Gaulitanus Choir has just returned from its 16th tour abroad, this time it was in East Anglia, UK, where the choir visited Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk

This concert-tour, which was endorsed by the Valletta 18 Foundation, was under the musical direction of Gaulitanus´s founder-director, Mro Colin Attard – who was also the key person behind the organisation of this international venture.

They performed a lunchtime concert at the historic Corpus Christi College Chapel, University of Cambridge. This reciprocated a visit to Gozo in July by the Corpus Christi College Choir, whose musical director, Robin Walker, was instrumental in making this event possible.

From Cambridgeshire the choir moved east to Suffolk, initially at picturesque Pakefield, Lowestoft, Britain´s most easterly point, where the Gozitan choir was hosted by the Pakefield Singers.

The Gaulitanus Choir took part in an evening concert at the historic All Saints´ & St Margaret´s Church, right on the cliff top overlooking the North Sea.

The concert, organised by the Pakefield Singers and anticipating the Christmas season, also featured the Pakefield Singers themselves conducted by Vetta Wise and the Waveney Winds conducted by John Flack.

The Gaulitanus Choir then moved on to Framlingham, where the choir was hosted by Seraphim, the professional female vocal ensemble from Suffolk, where they performed a concert at the enchanting Church of St Michael the Archangel,

They then moved on to Norfolk, in preparation for its final artistic commitment. The concert was held at Norwich´s St John the Baptist Cathedral, the Roman Catholic mother church in East Anglia and the second largest RC church in Britain.

The concert was organised courtesy of the Diocese of East Anglia Office for Sacred Music, and the Norwich RC Cathedral´s musical director Daniel Justin’

During this tour the choir performed a repertoire essentially made up of Maltese music: A mix of sacred, religious, and secular excerpts mostly in the Maltese language. A cappella and accompanied compositions by choir director Colin Attard, Carmelo Pace, Charles Camilleri and Giuseppe Caruana were performed.

These were complimented by very few and short Christmas numbers – which rounded up the Pakefield and Framlingham concerts.

The choir´s soloists during this tour were Annabelle Zammit, Marthese Borg and Stephanie Portelli, with Joseph Calleja, Jean Noël Attard and Alison Gatt taking on a few lines.

This 16th concert-tour rounded up the Gaulitanus Choir´s international commitments for 2018, with three foreign tours in three months.

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