Our Lady of Victory Church in Valletta will provide the perfect backdrop for Melodies After Noon, another lunchtime concert organised by the Barocco Foundation in collaboration with Din l-Art Ħelwa today at 12.30pm.
The programme brings together some of the most expressive and atmospheric works from the Romantic repertoire, performed by soprano Alexandra Camilleri Gambin and pianist Elaine Mercieca.
At the heart of the programme is a selection from Les Nuits d’été by Hector Berlioz, a song renowned for its poetic sensitivity and emotional depth. Sur les lagunes unfolds with aching sorrow and dark intensity, Absence breathes tender yearning, while Au cimetière offers a haunting meditation on love and loss. These songs reveal Berlioz’s masterful ability to fuse text and music into deeply personal expression.
The romantic atmosphere continues with the wordless, floating lines of Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff, followed by the colour and character of the Two Hebrew Melodies by Maurice Ravel.
German Lied is represented by the dramatic narrative of Der Zwerg by Franz Schubert, a gripping miniature opera in which passion and tragedy collide, and by the serene and tender Wiegenlied by Richard Strauss,.
Entrance to the concert is at a suggested donation of €13. One can obtain the tickets prior to the concert from the venue itself or by e-mail: baroccobookings@gmail.com/baroccomalta@gmail.com or by calling 7968 0952.
