Gaudete! An Italian Christmas

Cappella Sanctae Catharinae returns with Gaudete! - its much anticipated annual Christmas Concert. This year the choir will present a concert of beautiful, but rarely heard, Italian Christmas choral music. The programme features a mixture of gorgeous Italian Baroque polyphony, by rarely heard composers such as Pomponio Nenna and Giovanni Belli. It will also include rarely heard Christmas Carols from all over Italy, including Sicily, Veneto, and Naples. Music lovers have the chance to hear the choir three times across Malta starting with the first concert in Żurrieq on Friday 20th December at 19:30. The concert will be held in the parish church of Saint Catherine, the choir’s namesake. On Saturday 21st December at 19:30 the choir will be singing at the Mdina Metropolitan Cathedral. This concert is being held under the auspices of the Archbishop’s Delegate for Culture. Cappella Sanctae Catharinae will be keeping its traditional Sunday morning Christmas Concert with a repeat on Sunday 22nd December at 11:00 at the Church of Our Lady of the Abandoned, Palazzo Buleben, Ħaż-Żebbuġ. This event is being made possible thanks to Żebbuġ Local Council. All concerts are free but donations are welcome.