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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 21 DECEMBER 2016 5 T E A T R U M A N O E L M A L T A T E A T R U M A N O E L 2017 12 th to 28 th January 2017 Valletta, Malta's Baroque Capital City and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, hosts the fifth edition of this unique baroque music festival in its Teatru Manoel, baroque churches and palaces. www.vallettabaroquefestival.com.mt | www.teatrumanoel.com.mt part of the ceiling fresco depicting the Life of St John the Baptist by Mattia Preti at St John's Co-Cathedral 12th January – 7.30pm – The Trumpet Shall Sound – Concerto De' Cavalieri – Ta Ġieżu Church 13th January – 7.30pm – Charpentier-Te Deum / Du Mont-Motets – Ensemble Correspondances – St. John's Co-Cathedral 14th January – 10.30am, 4.30pm – 15th January – 6:00pm – Lully-Atys en Folie A 'Parodie' by Jean-Philippe Desrousseaux Centre Musique Baroque de Versailles – Teatru Manoel 14th January – 7.30pm – Cantatas for the Soul – Dunedin Consort – Ta Ġieżu Church 15th January – 12.30pm – Bach and the Spirit of The Dance – John Irving – harpsichord – Bibliotheca (National Library) 16th January – 7.30pm – The Phoenix Nest – The Hathor Consort – The Salon (National Museum of Archaeology) 17th January – 7.30pm – Pergolesi – La Serva Padrona Associazione Musicale Carissimi – Teatru Manoel 18th January – 12.30pm – Magical Viola da Gamba – Suites by Carl Friedrich Abel, Reiko Ichise – St Nicholas Church (All Souls) 18th January – 7.30pm – The Rival Queens – Simone Kermes & Vivica Genaux with Cappella Gabetta – Conducted by Andrés Gabetta – Teatru Manoel 19th January – 7.30pm – From Stradivarius to Bach – Bach Partitas for Solo Violin Nicholas Dautricourt – St Nicholas Church (All Souls) 20th January – 7.30pm – A Golden Age – Music by Lotti, Melgas, Scarlatti, Rebelo & Caldara The Sixteen – St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral 21st January - 12.30pm – Valletta International Baroque Ensemble in Concert Music by Telemann, Charpentier, Mikiel Ang. Vella and works found at the Mdina Cathedral Archives – St. Augustine's Church 21st January – 7.30pm – Tenebrae Lamentations and Responses by Jan Dismas Zelenka, Le Banquet Celeste, Damien Guillon – countertenor – Ta Ġieżu Church 22nd January – 12.30pm – Bach and the Russians Music by Bach, Schnittke, Silvestrov and Stravinsky, Lucia Micallef - piano and Nicholas Dautricourt - violin – Teatru Manoel 22nd January – 5.30pm – Boccherini – La Musica Notturna Nelle Strade Di Madrid Accademia Ottoboni – The Salon – (Museum of Archaeology) 23rd January – 5.30pm, 7.30pm – Stradella – San Giovanni Battista Haymarket Opera Company – The Oratory – St. John's Co-Cathedral 24th January – 12.30pm – The Harmonious Blacksmith – Music by Handel, Bach, Rameau & Duphly, Jory Vinikour – harpsichord – Teatru Manoel 24th January – 7.30pm – Chorales in Counterpoint Baroque piano transcriptions by Bach, Franck and Busoni, Charlene Farrugia & Nazareno Ferrugio – Teatru Manoel 25th January – 7.30pm – Heaven's Sweetness – Bach's Festival Cantatas from Leipzig, European Union Baroque Orchestra – Jesuits' Church 26th January – 7.30pm – Inspired by Baroque Music by Pärt, Respighi, Pace, Piazzolla, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michelle Castelletti – Teatru Manoel 27th January – 12.30pm – Bach Lute Suites – Transcriptions for Guitar, Joanna Beisteiner – Bibliotheca (The National Library) 27th January – 7.30pm – A Piacere Music by Sanz, Alqhai, Hume, Sainte-Colombe, Marais, Rameau, Accademia del Piacere – Directed by Fahmi Alqhai – The Salon – (Museum of Archaeology) 28th January – 12.30pm – Purcell's Operatic Arias Claire Debono – Soprano and Ensemble Les Ambassadeurs. Directed by Alexis Kossenko – Venue TBC 28th January – 7.30pm – Music Fit for a King Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks and Water Music. Valletta International Baroque Ensemble – Teatru Manoel 1211. Teatru - Baroque Festival 2017 - 37x5 - Col.indd 1 14/12/2016 16:02