Il-Hagar museum will be celebrating its eighth anniversary this month with a programme of activities, it is also the third year from Maestro Joseph Vella’s sudden demise.

The cultural centre said on Friday, the 26th, there is the opening of an exhibition highlighting connections between Joseph Vella and Oliver Friggieri, another genius who left us recently – A meeting of Minds – at 6.30pm.

Then on Saturday, the 27th there are three events planned, beginning with the Third Joseph Vella Memorial Lecture at 10.0am, by Rev Professor Saviour Caruana – about St Augustine’s De Musica. This will be followed by the opening of an exhibition of Sacred Art by Aaron Formosa – Twilights. And in the evening at 8pm, St George’s Basilica hosts a recital by the Laudate Pueri choir.

On Sunday the 27th at 11am, there will be a Mass at the Basilica in suffrage of Il-Hagar’s benefactors with the participation of the Laudate Pueri choir.

Also from the 22nd of February to the 6th of April, the cultural centre will be hosting a philatelic exhibition – Malta’s First in Gozo. Opening hours are 9am to 5pm seven days a week.

Il-Hagar, which is located in St George’s Square, Victoria, said that further details will be given in the coming days, but registration for any of the events is now open on events@heartofgozo.org.mt.

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