The Valletta International Baroque Festival was set up in 2013 to create a unique annual January event that celebrates Valletta as a quintessentially baroque city. The festival uses a number of wonderful baroque and historical locations throughout its two week musical extravaganza celebrating the aristocratic grandeur of Malta’s capital city.
To book, please visit the Valletta International Baroque Festival website here.
Below find the Programme for the 2018 edition of The Valletta International Baroque Festival:
Saturday 13th January 2018
7:30pm
Teatru Manoel
The Four Seasons – Vivaldi
Performers: Concerto Köln – Soloist: Shunske Sato (violin)
Sunday 14th January 2018
12pm (noon)
Bibliotheca (National Library)
German Celebrity Composers
Performers: Les Contre-Sujets
Sunday 14th January 2018
3:00pm
Teatru Manoel
Baroque Family Treasure Hunt
Sunday 14th January 2018
7:30pm
Teatru Manoel
Bach and Italy
Performers: Concerto Köln – Soloist: Markus Hoffmann (violin)
Monday 15th January 2018
7:30pm
St John’s Co-Catherdral
Fasti Del Barocco Romano -Handel-Dixit Dominus & Donna che in ciel, Jommelli-Beatus Vir
Performers: Ghislieri Consort and Choir ·Giulio Prandi, dir. · Claire Debono, soprano
Tuesday 16th January 2018
12pm (noon)
Ta’ Ġieżu Church
I Maestri di Sta Maria di Loreto
Performers: Abchordis Ensemble
Wednesday 17th January 2018
12pm (noon)
St Augustine’s Church
Suites for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord by Corelli, Forqueray, Duphly and dall’Abaco
Performers: Teodoro Baù and Andrea Buccarella
Wednesday 17th January 2018
7:30pm
Teatru Manoel
Inspired by Baroque – Music by Grieg, Tansman, Gravina and Villa-Lobos
Performers: The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Brian Schembri
Thursday 18th January 2018
12pm (noon)
Ta’ Sarria Church
The Goldberg Variations
Performers: Teodoro Anzellotti (accordion)
Thursday 18th January 2018
7:30pm
Teatru Manoel
Chamber Music at the Zwinger Palace
Performers: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) and La Folia Barockorchester
Friday 19th January 2018
12pm (noon)
Ta’ Sarria Church
Boccherini Sonatas for Cello & Harpsichord
Performers: Catherine Jones (cello) and Enrico Baiano (harpsichord)
Friday 19th January 2018
7:30pm
Metropolitan Cathedral, Mdina
Fasti Del Barrocco Napoletano – Music by Durante, Perez, Jommelli and Astorga
Performers: Ghislieri Consort and Choir · Giulio Prandi, dir.
Saturday 20th January 2018
12pm (noon) & 5:00pm
Aula Capitulare, Mdina Cathedral
La Mascarade
Performers: Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) Thomas Dunford (theorbo)
Sunday 21st January 2018
12pm (noon)
Verdala Castle, Buskett
VIBE perform music from the archives of the Cathedral Museum
Performers: VIBE (Valletta International Baroque Ensemble)
Sunday 21st January 2018
3:00pm
Studio Theatre
Toi Toi Family Baroque Jazz
Sunday 21st January 2018
7:30pm
Verdala Castle, Buskett
Sotto l’Aquile Imperiale – Music from Habsburg Naples
Performers: Ensemble Barocck Napoli with Maria Grazia Shiavo (soprano)
Monday 22nd January 2018
12pm (noon)
Bibliotheca (National Library)
The Dark Side of the Goldberg Variations
Performers: Musica Antiqua Latina
Monday 22nd January 2018
7:30pm
Teatru Manoel
Rameau Operatic Highlights
Performers: Les Ambassadeurs · Alexis Kossenko, dir. · Clare Debono (soprano)
Tuesday 23rd January 2018
12pm (noon)
Our Lady of Victories Church, Valletta
Telemann Fantasias
Performers: Neil McLaren (flute)
Tuesday 23rd January 2018
7:30pm
Metropolitan Cathedral, Mdina
Messa a Due Cori – Benigno Zerafa
Performers: Collegium Orpheus · Jean-Marc Labylle, dir.
Wednesday 24th January 2018
7:30pm
St Francis’ Church, Valletta
Tomas Luis de Victoria – Lamentations and Responsories
Performers: La Grande Chapelle
Thursday 25th January 2018
12pm (noon)
Malta Maritime Museum, Vittoriosa
Conversazioni Musicali – Music by Handel, Greene and Bononcini
Performers: Scholars and Gentlemen Ensemble · Luke Green, dir.
Thursday 25th January 2018
7:30pm
St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Valletta
Monteverdi Vespers
Performers: VIBE (Valletta International Baroque Ensemble)
Friday 26th January 2018
12pm (noon)
Our Lady of Victories Church, Valletta
Scarlatti Sonatas
Performers: Simon Schembri (classical guitar)
Friday 26th January 2018
7:30pm
Collegiate Church of St. Lawrence, Vittoriosa
La Sete di Cristo – An oratorio by Bernardo Pasquini
Performers: Concerto Romano · Alessandro Quarta, dir.
Saturday 27th January 2018
12pm (noon)
Malta Maritime Museum, Vittoriosa
Baroque meets Jazz
Performers: Sandro Zerafa and Friends
Saturday 27th January 2018
7:30pm
Teatru Manoel
Francesca Caccini – La Liberazione di Ruggiero
Performers: Huelgas Ensemble