FESTIVAL BARROCO 2013- VALLETTA, MALTA

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The grandeur of Valletta is getting regular airtime on French music station Mezzo TV to promote the city’s International Baroque Festival being held in January.

Animated by the first movement of Bach’s Flute Concerto in D minor, the video is a celebration of the baroque city whose majestic churches, palaces and vistas will form the backdrop to the festival.

It features some of the major venues hosting the 16-day event, including the Manoel Theatre, St John’s Co-Cathedral and the Grandmasters’ Palace.

The campaign on Mezzo is supported by the Malta Tourism Authority’s office in Paris. MTA has been promoting the festival in other European markets including Italy, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
The first edition of the Valletta International Baroque Festival will be held between January 9 and 26.

Around 200 musicians and performers from some of Europe’s top baroque orchestras and ensembles will be performing. They will include Opera Fuoco, Jeune Orchestre Atlantique, Les Talens Lyriques and Le Sainte Folie Fantastique from France, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam from The Netherlands, The King’s Consort and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment from the UK and New Century Baroque, a group of musicians from 11 different European countries.

Maltese ensemble Cappella Sanctae Catherinae, the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Maltese violinist Carmine Lauri and a theatrical group named The Manoel Theatre Players will also be taking part.

 The Valletta International Baroque Festival has launched a one-minute video which features some of the most beautiful elements of the Capital City, namely St John's Co-Cathedral, the Teatru Manoel, the Grand Master's Palace and naturally the characteristic streets of Valletta themselves.  Valletta's beauty is complimented by Bach's Flute Concerto in D Minor, a prominent musical piece of the Baroque era, which will play at centre-stage during the Festival.

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