A concert by the Armed Forces of Malta Band is the next event in – GauLive – the final phase of the 14th edition of Gaulitana: A Festival of Music in Gozo.
The AFM will be presenting a full-scale concert at the festival and the 40-piece band will be under the direction of its bandmaster, Captain Jonathan Borg.
The AFM will be performing a highly varied repertoire, which will also very much suitable for an end-of-summer open-air concert.
Works by renowned contemporary wind band composers such as David Shaffer, James Swearingen and Jacob de Haan, will alternate with some British folk-inspired works including Ralph Vaughan Williams’s famous “Folk Song Suite.”
Some works will also feature some of the AFM soloists. A tribute to Beethoven, and hence the classics, will also be offered with the finale movement from his epic 5th symphony. A Maltese touch will be added through a Charles Camilleri march.
The concert, which is taking place next Friday, the 24th of September, starting at 8.00pm, is being held at the Ministry for Gozo’s Courtyard, Victoria and will be in full compliance with health protocols required for such enclosed areas.
Entrance is free, but reservations are required on bookings.gaulitana@gmail.com [1].
Further information available on www.gaulitanus.com [2].
Gaulitana: A Festival of Music is principally supported by the Gozo Cultural Support Programme of Arts Council Malta and the Ministry for Gozo.