The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michalis Economou will perform works by Dvorák and Tchaikovsky at an event entitled Winter Serenades  at The Phoenicia Malta, on January 11.

The programme includes Antonín Dvorák’s Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op. 44, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48.

The term ‘serenade’ originally referred to a musical greeting performed in honour of someone but by the classical era, it also came to describe light, tuneful works for instrumental ensembles. Dvorák and Tchaikovsky’s works were written within two years of each other in the 1880s, but each seeks to evoke the mood of an earlier time, and both can count Mozart, himself the author of some of the most notable examples of the genre, as an inspiration.

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Winter Serenades in the Grand Ballroom of the Phoenicia Malta, Floriana, on January 11 at 7.30pm. For tickets, visit www.showshappening.com.