ConTempo Concert #5 | Melika

Name: ConTempo Concert #5 | Melika
Start: 2024-11-21T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-21T21:15:00+01:00
Location: Malta Society of Arts

Schedule

Thu Nov 21 2024 at 08:00 pm to 09:15 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Malta Society of Arts | Valletta, MA

Melika saxophone quartet will be presenting a programme of diverse musical styles, starting with a transcription of Ligeti’s Six Bagatelles, one of the composer’s most played works originally written for wind quintet. Next in the programme, Carmelo Pace’s newly rediscovered saxophone quartet is a good representation of Maltese music written for this formation, and Mellits’s Ex Machina portrays a collection of short pieces (machines) that are written with a clear minimalistic influence. Rivier’s Grave et Presto, a clear example of 20th century virtuosic woodwind writing will conclude the evening with a flair.
Programme
Gyorgy Ligeti | Six Bagatelles
Carmelo Pace | Saxophone Quartet
Marc Mellits | Ex Machina
Jean Rivier | Grave et Presto
Philip Attard, soprano saxophone
Samuel Mallia, alto saxophone
Joseph Vella, tenor saxophone
Godfrey Mifsud, baritone saxophone