ConTempo Series Concert #5 Melika Quartet

As part of MSA x ACM Performing Arts Programme 2024 – ConTempo series of music events

ConTempo Concert #5

Melika saxophone quartet will be presenting a programme of diverse musical styles, starting with a transcription of Ligeti’s Six Bagatelles, one of the composer’s most played works originally written for wind quintet. Next in the programme, Carmelo Pace’s newly rediscovered saxophone quartet which is a good representation of Maltese music written for this formation, and Mellits’s Ex Machina which portrays a collection of short pieces (machines) that are written with a clear minimalistic influence. Rivier’s Grave et Presto, a clear example of 20th century virtuosic woodwind writing will conclude the evening with a flair.

Programme:

Gyorgy Ligeti – Six Bagatelles (12′)

Carmelo Pace – Saxophone Quartet (12′)

Marc Mellits – Ex Machina (20′)

Jean Rivier – Grave et Presto (10′)

Musicians:

Philip Attard, soprano saxophone

Samuel Mallia, alto saxophone

Joseph Vella, tenor saxophone

Godfrey Mifsud, baritone saxophone

This project forms part of the Malta Society of Arts’ Performing Arts Programme 2024 and is being done in collaboration with Arts Council Malta

Artistic Director: Karl Fiorini

Date: Thursday 21 November 2024
Time: 8pm
Ticket Prices: EUR 15

Tickets from the Teatru Manoel booking office 2124 6389 or https://booking.teatrumanoel.mt/websales/show/138149

Karl Fiorini – Artistic Director’s Biography

Karl is a composer,  festival director and concert producer. He read for a Masters in Music composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London and obtained his Doctorate from the Royal College of Music, London. His output of more than 50 works ranging from solo to chamber, to music for film, theatre and dance, and large symphonic compositions are regularly performed throughout Europe and is much in demand as a composer. His works have been released by Divine Art Recordings and Grand Piano Naxos. Since 2007 he is the Artistic Director of the Malta Spring Festival [www.maltaspringfestival.com], an annual festival that celebrates the realms of classical and contemporary music, showcasing a captivating blend of talent across various genres, by renowned artists, as well as providing a platform for rising stars to shine.

Thursday 21 November 2024

8pm

Concert Hall
Malta Society of Arts,
Palazzo de La Salle,
219, Republic Street,
Valletta