Gozo´s Gaulitanus Choir will round up its international commitments for 2018 with a concert-tour in East Anglia, England, in late November. This will come back-to-back with the choir´s appearance at the Rencontres Musicales de Mediterranee in Corsica earlier in November and its highly-successful London concert-tour this September – which make up an unprecedented 3 foreign ventures in 3 months. Significantly, this concert-tour will also be the choir´s 16th venture abroad. Coincidentally, the choir´s foreign appearances also started in England in 1995.
Spanning from Cambridgeshire to Suffolk and Norfolk, this remarkably atypical East Anglia concert-tour follows invitations from four very established British choral groups/institutions and includes four artistic events. The first, on Friday 23rd November, will be at the renowned Corpus Christi Chapel, University of Cambridge, courtesy of the Corpus Christi College Choir and its musical director Robin Walker – who will also accompany the choir on the organ. A concert at the historic All Saints´ & St Margaret´s Church, Pakefield, Lowestoft follows on Saturday 24th. Organised by the Pakefield Singers– this actually being their hugely patronised annual concert anticipating the Christmas season – the concert will also feature the Pakefield Singers and the Waveney Winds. The enchanting Church of St Michael the Archangel in Framlingham will host the third concert on Sunday 25th. This is organised by Seraphim, the professional female vocal ensemble from Suffolk, and their MD, top choir mistress Vetta Wise. The final commitment will be on Monday 26th at Norwich´s sublime St John the Baptist Cathedral, the Roman Catholic mother church in East Anglia and the second largest RC church in Britain. The concert is being organised courtesy of the Diocese of East Anglia Office for Sacred Music, the Norwich RC Cathedral´s musical director Daniel Justin, and its Dean, the VR Provost David Paul.
The Gaulitanus Choir will be conducted by its founder-director, Colin Attard – who will also have quite a few of his compositions performed during this concert-tour. Indeed, significantly, the repertoire being performed will essentially feature Maltese music, including compositions by Carmelo Pace, Charles Camilleri, and Giuseppe Caruana.
This East Anglia concert-tour is endorsed by the Valletta 18 Foundation.
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