This year marks the fourth International Spring Orchestra Festival and will be taking place between 5 and 9 April 2010, at the Manoel Theatre.
The festival will kick off on Monday 5th April at 7:30pm by the Rotterdam Sinfonietta with conductor Roberto Beltran. On Tuesday 6th April, at 7:30pm at the Sala Isouard violinist Emanuel Salvador and pianist Giselle Grima will take you on a journey “from Schumann to the 21st Century” with works by Schumann, Liszt, Ysaÿe and local composer Ruben Zahra. On Wednesday 7th, the soloists of the Rotterdam Sinfonietta will be giving a concert at 12:30pm at the Sala Isouard, Teatru Manoel for whoever will be in Valletta and wants to pass by to listen to fascinating chamber repertoire. On Thursday 8th April the Rotterdam Sinfonietta will give a concert at the reception of Mater Dei hospital for the patients and their relatives as well as to commemorate the first anniversary of the Malta Heart Foundation. The festival will close with another orchestral concert on Friday 9th April at 7.30pm by the Rotterdam Sinfonietta who will feature the young local piano prodigy Charlene Farrugia as guest soloist, and will be performing Ravel’s colourful Tzigane, and Bartok’s astonishing Miraculous Mandarin Suite amongst others.
However, this is not all. This year the festival will include six short concerts “Discovering the orchestra” aimed at young audiences aged between 8 and 16 years. These orchestral concerts each of approximately an hour long, will take place at the Manoel Theatre. The first two concerts begin on the 5th April at 16:00 and 17:30, and next four on Friday 9th April at 9:30, 11:00, 16:00 and 17:30 respectively. Children within this age bracket or younger are admitted for free, if accompanied, each guardian/parent makes a donation of €1.
This year’s event is made possible through the Vodafone Malta Foundation and The Malta Arts Fund.
Tickets are sold at €25, €15, €10 and may be booked from the Manoel theatre box office 2124 6389 or online www.teatrumanoel.com.mt. The lunchtime chamber concert is open to the public free of charge.
Mon. 5th April 19:30 Opening Concert - The Rotterdam Ensemble - Teatru Manoel, works by Kodaly, Ravel, Saint-Saens
Schedule:
Tue. 6th April 19:30 Violin and Piano Recital "from Schumann to the 21st Century" by Emanuel Salvador (violin) and Giselle Grima (piano), Sala Isouard, works by Schumann, Liszt, Paganini, Ysaye, and Zahra.
Wed. 7th April 19:30 The Rotterdam Ensemble - concert at Mater Dei Hospital - free entry
Thur. 8th April Lunchtime Chamber concert 12:30 sala isoard - free entry
Frid. 9th April Closing concert - The Rotterdam Ensemble - Teatru Manoel, guest soloist Charlene Farrugia, works by Bartok, Debussy, Poulenc and Saint-Saens
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