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