Celebrating Bellini, Tosti and Friends

Barocco Foundation will be running a series of lunchtime concerts at St. Augustine’s Monastery in Bakery Street Valletta to fundraise for its restoration project. The first concert will be held on Tuesday the 9th of January 2018 at noon. Soprano Hannah Bonnici and pianist Julia Miller will be delighting the audience with a repertoire of Italian songs by Bellini and Tosti, two 19th century Italian composers. The programme will include a number of Bellini’s popular bel canto songs: Il fervido desiderio, Vaga luna, che inargenti ,Vanne, o rosa fortunate, Malinconia, Ninfa gentile, Ma rendi pur content and Per pieta, bell’idol mio. Hannah will also sing Tosi’s following songs: Ideale, L’ultimo bacio, Malia, La Serenata and Aprile.The concert will end with a rendition of bel canto songs by Rossini (La Pastorella delle alpi) and Donizetti’s Me voglio fa ’na casa. Visitors have the opportunity to visit the interesting chambers of the monastery which are adorned with beautiful and historical sacred ornaments after the concert for free. Proceeds from the event will go to the restoration project of the Augustinian Monastery. Tickets, costing 8 euro, can be obtained from the venue itself half an hour before the concert begins. For more details phone 7968 0952 or email: baroccomalta@gmail.com.