Uplifting interpretation of a rare Mass in Malta

By Anthony Hart, 21 January 2016

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Reviewed at Jesuits' Church, Valletta on 18 January 2016

Rubino, Requiem

Rossi, Sinfonia Grave a 5, from Il Primo Libro delle Sinfonie et Gagliarde(Venice, 1607)

Carissimi, Praeambulum Tonus primus (Verses 6 & 7)

Froberger, Ricercare IX

Frescobaldi, Toccata Ottava di durezze et ligature from Secondo Libro di Toccate1637

Rossi, Sinfonia IX da Il Primo Libro delle Sinfonie et Gagliarde

Frescobaldi, Toccata

Cavalli, Missa Pro Defunctis, Libera me

La Cantoria Campitelli

Studio di Musica Antica Antonio il Verso di Palermo

Ensemble La Pifarescha

Ensemble La Cantoria

A self-congratulatory Cecilia Bartoli show at Salzburg Whitsun

Laura Servidei, 24th May

This year’s Salzburg Whitsun Festival gala, Ciao, bella ciao, features Cecilia Bartoli in a highly personalised musical programme structured as an autobiographical journey, unfolding as a blend of concert and self-portrait.

Sumptuous Sheffield Chamber Music Festival finale

Phil Parker, 23rd May

Ensemble 360 and soprano Claire Booth test to the limits the definition of ‘chamber music’ in this richly orchestral closing concert of the 2026 Sheffield Chamber Music Festival.

****1

More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican

Mark Pullinger, 22nd May

The young Spanish violinist proves an ardent advocate for a work originally dismissed as a “Hollywood Concerto” as the BBC Symphony Orchestra closes its Barbican season.

****1

Memorable Mendelssohn from Marek Janowski and the New York Phil

Susan Stempleski, 21st May

Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin plays Haydn before the esteemed German maestro conducts a vibrant Scottish Symphony.

****1

Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

****1

The ears have it: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on the Cutty Sark

Mark Valencia, 21st May

Come away fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing! All board the Cutty Sark for a semi-staging of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.

****1

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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.

A brilliant and uplifting interpretation of a rare Mass in Malta