The Barocco Foundation and Din l-Art Ħelwa are presenting another lunchtime concert at Our Lady of Victory church, Valletta, tomorrow, Tuesday, February 24 at 12.30pm.
This time, guitarist Bernard Catania will take centre stage with a Renaissance and baroque programme, rich with colours and the rhythmic vitality that shaped the earliest guitar traditions.
The concert opens with lively Renaissance dances by Cesare Negri, including Spagnoletto, Villanicco and Bianco Fiore, followed by a set of anonymous 16th-century dances. Spanish colour is further explored in Luys de Narváez’s celebrated Differencias sobre “Guardame las vacas” and Tres Diferencias por Otra Parte.
Works such as Hans Neusidler’s Wascha Mesa and Der Hupff Auf, and Robert Johnson’s elegant Alman, reflect the flourishing of plucked-string music across Europe in that period.
The programme continues with the lyrical Largo from Vivaldi’s Lute Concerto in D, Purcell’s Minuet and New Irish Tune, and dance movements by Johann Krieger.
Highlights also include Bach’s Allemande and Bourrée from the Lute Suite BWV 996, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire, an aria by Sylvius Leopold Weiss, and Santiago de Murcia’s spirited Prelude and Allegro.
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-mailing baroccobookings@gmail.com/baroccomalta@gmail.com or calling 7968 0952.
