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The Gaulitanus Choir of Gozo has just returned for a concert tour in France and Corsica, which started in the heart of the French capital – L’Église Sainte Marie Madeleine.
The choir said that this is one of the most important concert venues in Paris, a magnificent architectural structure with “sublime acoustics.”
The Gaulitanus Choir performed a full scale afternoon concert, where they were joined by tenor Joseph Calleja and bass-baritone Paul Scicluna for a few solo lines.
This concert of Maltese music included compositions by Joseph Vella, Charles Camilleri, Carmelo Pace, Giuseppe Caruana and choir founder-director Colin Attard also also conducted, and featured two of the choir’s principal soloists, sopranos Stephanie Portelli and Annabelle Zammit.
This choir’s first public performance on mainland France, had the cooperation of the Maltese Embassy in Paris, which was represented at the concert by embassy officials led by counsellor Ms Nicole Sarsero.
From Paris the choir moved to Bastia in Corsica, where the choir represented Malta in the 21st edition of the Rencontres Musicales de Mediterranee, alongside various other groups from all around the Mediterranean basin, namely Italy, France, Catalonia, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt and of course Corsica itself.
The choir’s principal event was a concert at Bastia’s Théâtre Municipal Bastia’s, where it participated alongside a string orchestra from Lyon Conservatory (France) and an Egyptian Big Band.
The Gaulitanus Choir’s final commitment in Corsica was again at Bastia’s Théâtre Municipal, where it participated during the festival’s concluding Soirée de Gala featuring all participating groups. The Gozitan choir’s slot was accompanied by the festival orchestra conducted by Alberto Bombonati from Milan’s Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi.
It was the Gaulitanus Choir’s fifth appearance at the Rencontres Musicales de Meditterranee, following invitations from the Jeunesses Musicales de Mediterranee.
Photo: Gaulitanus Choir at L’Église Sainte Marie Madeleine
