The Gaulitana ” A festival of Music” continued this weekend with the presentation of two events: the presentation of the Gran Ballet Concert at the Aurora Theatre last Saturday, and the Tea Concert at the Conference Hall at the Ta’ Cenc Hotel in Sannat last Sunday

On Saturday the Moscow Ballet presented a program selected from several world famous ballets such as Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, and Swan Lake (Russian Dance, Adagio and Danses des Cygnes). Besides these the ensemble also presented Puni’s Pas de quatre, Adan’s Pas de Deux from Giselle, Sedoy’s Ukrainian Dance Gopak, Helstedt Festival of Flowers in Genzano, the Adagio from Khachaturyan’s Spartacus, The Swan, the Adagio from Bizet’s Carmen, Pas de Deux from Adam’s Le Corsaire, the Adagio from Prokofiev’s Cinderella and the Grand Pas from Minkus’ Don Quixote. The solosists for this ballet performance were: Natalia Kolosova, Daniil Kuryinov, Natalia Kleymenova, Anatoly Emelianov, Daria Makarova, Natalia Kolosova, Valeria Guseva, Sergey Zolotarev, Anastasiya Kachaeva, Svetlana Lobanova, Artem Horoshilov, Lidia Krivonosova, Daria Makarova, Galina Ahmetova, Zinaida Chugunova, and Galina Govanova.

On Sunday the Gaulitana continued with an unusual concert “Tea Concert: British Folk Music with Afternoon Tea.” While the guests partook of tea, quiches, and pastries, Terry Shaw and Gaulitanus Soloists entertained the guests with a program of folk-songs drawn from England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. This concert started with an ensemble where all the soloists sung Lilli Burlero together and then a presentation of various songs from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England were sung by the solosists who were Terry Shaw, Deborah Zammit, Annabelle Zammit, Darren Vella, Margaret Plant, Maria Meilak, Particia Buttigieg, Maria Grech Magro, Stephanie Portelli and Joseph Buttigieg.These were very warmly received by the very numerous audience who enjoyed the show.

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