Tanto La Vita – Salon Recital – As part of City of Art

‘And I have never loved life so much. So much life’.

Over the course of three weekends, the concert hall at Palazzo de la Salle will be transformed into a fin de siècle salon. Traditionally an environment which sought to either please or educate, the Salon was the heart of experimentation, debate, creativity and discovery. Each event will be hosted by a Salonnière and will incorporate not only exquisite music and performance, but poetry, letters, musings and reflections. In keeping with the theme of ‘Decadence, Now’ the Salons will showcase some of the most beautiful repertoire in the German, French and Italian canons. Each programme will explore different aspects of decadence – the passions, the ecstasies, the risks and the consequences. Using these works as inspiration, Karl Fiorini will premiere a new song cycle: his reactionary response to the songs written during the bel époque. With text from Salome and poems by D’Annunzio and Baudelaire, the songs will act as a connective thread running through each of the performances.

Performers Gillian Zammit, Raffaele Abete, Lucia Micallef and Denise Mulholland will come together to create an experience which goes beyond the realms of a traditional recital.