ConTempo Series Concert #6 KorMalta

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

ConTempo Concert #6 Kor Malta

KorMalta’s programme embraces sacred and traditional choral music, from Renaissance classics to modern works. Highlights include Monteverdi’s and Biebl’s Ave Maria, Victoria’s O Magnum Mysterium, and Gjeilo’s Spotless Rose. Traditional carols like Es ist ein Rose Entsprungen and the Maltese Ninni La Tibkix Iżjed add warmth, while Carol of the Bells and Lassus’s Resonet in Laudibus bring a joyful conclusion.

Programme

Franz Biebl | Ave Maria
Claudio Monteverdi | Ave Maria
Tomás Luis de Victoria | O Magnum Mysterium
Michael Praetorius / Johannes Vulpius | Es ist ein Rose Entsprungen
Jan Sandström | Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Ola Gjeilo | Spotless Rose
Traditional Maltese | Ninni La Tibkix Iżjed
Philip Stopford | Lully Lullay
Mykola Leontovich | Carol of the Bells
Orlande de Lassus | Resonet in Laudibus

Conductor: Riccardo Bianchi

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 12 December 2024
Time: 8pm
Ticket Prices: EUR 15

Tickets from the Teatru Manoel booking office 2124 6389 or https://booking.teatrumanoel.mt/eng/websales/show/138150

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 12 December 2024

8pm

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