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Following in Bach’s footsteps at the Valletta International Baroque Festival

By Anthony Hart, 03 February 2014
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Reviewed at Sala Isouard, Valletta on 26 January 2014
Programme
Bach, Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, (On the departure of a most beloved brother), BWV992
Bach, English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV807
Bach, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903
Bach, Italian Concerto, BWV971
Performers
Joanne Camilleri, Piano
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Anthony Hart
Anthony Hart
Anthony Hart, born in the UK, now lives in Malta. He was presented papers for Società Italiana di Musicologia and the International Musicological Society. He a Licentiate of the London College of Music. He has had papers published in Early Music, Studi Musicali and Fonti Musicali Italiane.