A documentary exhibition – A Meeting of Minds – is to be presented in the Video Room on level 2 of Il-Hagar Museum, with the inauguration on Friday, the 26th of February at 6.30pm.

The evening will include an overview highlighting connections between Professors Joseph Vella and Oliver Friggieri. Mro Vella died exactly three years ago, whereas the other genius left us more recently.

They worked together on two major projects (Il-Belt Rebbieha op. 50 and Rewwixta op. 54), oratorios first performed – to great critical and popular acclaim – in 1990 and 1992 respectively.

The boards and showcases forming “A Meeting of Minds” offer related details and manuscripts. Moreover visitors can hear a recording.

Then on Saturday, the 27th at 10.30am Professor Salvino Caruana OSA talks about Saint Augustine and music (Third Joseph Vella Memorial Lecture) and at 11.30am an exhibition by artist Aaron Formosa will be opened.

Due to the current health and safety directives because of Covid-19, registration for these events is requested on events@heartofgozo.org.mt.

The events form part of a programme of events celebrating the eighth anniversary of this cultural centre’s official opening and are supported by the Gozo Ministry’s Cultural Directorate.

Entrance to the museum is is free during the usual opening times of 9am to 5pm seven days a week.

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