Taking place just two days after All Souls’ Day on the 4th November at 8pm, the crypt of the Parish Church of Żejtun, (designed by Lorenzo Gafà and dedicated to St Catherine of Alexandria) will still be decked in funereal paraphernalia of black damask and candles. The Żejtun crypt, with its barrel vault ceiling, is the largest in Malta’s diocese (even larger than that at St John’s Co-Cathedral). This unique underground venue will add a new dimension to a programme of 20th century a contemporary string quartets by Philip Glass, Alfred Schnitke, John Adams and Norma Beecroft. ‘String Quartets’ is organised in collaboration with the Parish Church of Żejtun.
Programme
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima)
1957-Award Montage
Blood Oath
Mishima / Closing
Norma Beecroft
Amplified String Quartet with tape
Alfred Schnittke
String Quartet No.3
mov I Andante
mov II Agitato
John Adams
John’s Book of Alleged Dances
Alligator Escalator
Judah to the Ocean
Rag the Bone
Dogjam
Zene Quartet
Vincenzo Picone, Klara Nazaj: violins
Ayako Omoto: viola
Akos Kertesz: cello
Modern Music Days is part of the Valletta 2018 Cultural Programme. Modern Music Days is organised by Teatru Manoel and the Malta Association for Contemporary Music with the support of the Ministry for Finance.