The Gaulitanus Choir will conclude its Christmas commitments with another edition of A New Year’s Toast, its annual January 1 concert, which is now in its fourth edition. The concert, which ushers in the New Year in Gozo, will be held at the Hotel Kempinski San Lawrenz and starts at 7.45pm. Entrance is free.
The choir’s artistic direction has opted to give a particular theme to this year’s programme: ‘Singing for Peace’. Being held on the World Day of Peace the choir will be presenting a very exciting selection of Christmas carols and songs from various countries. These range from Western to Eastern Europe, from the UK to the Mediterranean and from South Africa to the US. Some works will be premiered in this year’s concert.
Christmas songs – whatever their origins – help unite one and all despite differences in opinions and creed, conveying a frontierless spirit of joy, peacefulness and fraternity.
The concert will also prominently feature the choir’s main soloists sopranos Patricia Buttigieg, Stephanie Portelli and Annabelle Zammit and mezzo-soprano Marthese Borg. Tenor Josef Xuereb and bass Ian Grech will have supporting roles.
The choir will be accompanied by its resident pianist, Stephen Attard, and conducted by its founder-director, Colin Attard, who also artistically directs the concert.