Opening Orchestral Concert
TIME: 8:00 PM till 9:00 PM
presented by Victoria International Arts Festival Miriam Cauchi Soprano Programme Alban Berg Sieben frühe Lieder The MPO returns to Gozo to open the 25th edition of the Victoria International Arts Festival. The inaugural concert embodies the richness and diversity of the festival along the years, featuring the symphony defined by the composer as melancholic, as he asked that the score “must come out in mourning”. The evening features also Maltese soprano Miriam Cauchi in an interpretation of Berg’s Seven Early Songs fusing German song-writing traits with the influence of Schoenberg. The concert is free of charge however booking is required.
Philip Walsh Conductor
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
LOCATION: Teatru Astra, Victoria