Premieres – American & Maltese
TIME: 8:00 PM till 9:30 PM
MIRAN VAUPOTIĆ Conductor Leonard Bernstein Overture to Candide Under the direction of Miran Vaupotić, the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra will be premiering two works in a night The orchestra will then tackle two newly-commissioned works. Christopher Muscat’s work is inspired by the tragic deaths of would-be asylum seekers crossing the Mediterranean, while Gregory Brown’s own work is inspired by the prints of Victor Pasmore, the British abstract artist who had made Malta his home.
FIORELLA CAMILLERI Piccolo
Joseph Vella Concerto for Piccolo, Strings and Timpani, Op. 114
Christopher Muscat Bahr al-Mawt Symphony
Gregory W. Brown Harmonies of Opposites
of Maltese and American music. After opening with the famous overture to Bernstein’s operetta Candide, the orchestra’s own piccolo player Fiorella Camilleri takes on a solo role for a performance of Joseph Vella’s Piccolo Concerto.
LOCATION: Teatru Manoel, Valletta