The Malta International Organ Festival is today featuring Bach’s Chorale Predludes in Strait Street, Valletta, as part of the Valletta 2018 Strada Stretta Concept.
Organist Franco Cefai will be playing excerpts from Bach’s mastepiece.
Apart from being a conductor and music director, Cefai is also a composer. Among his latest works is Missa Assumpta Est Maria – a whole Mass for orchestra and a soprano, alto, tenor, bass (SATB) setting, performed during the feast of Żebbuġ parish.
The event is being held today at Ortygia in Strait Street, Valletta. It is free of charge. The festival runs until December 7 with concerts taking place in various basilicas and churches across the Maltese Islands. More details are available from www.maltainternationalorganfestival.com.