Sala: St Nicholas (All Souls) Church, Valletta

German lutenist Andreas Martin gives a masterly performance of Bach's lute works in Malta

Robert White's Lamentations bring a programme of English polyphony to a memorable climax.

The Valletta International Baroque Festival presented the world première of a new arrangement of Bach's Goldberg Variations, for a string trio – of violin, viola and double bass.

My second course of the sumptuous feast under the title of the Valletta International Baroque Festival arrived on 16 January. The fare was a Maltese delicacy with Italian overtones. The concert was performed by the Cappella Sanctae Catharinae at the church dedicated to all souls in Valletta.Cappella Sanctae Catharinae is Malta’s only male choir.