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The Vittoriosa Band visited Belgium between the 11th and the 18th December 2010, in a musical exchange with [[Philharmonie Royale Concordia]] from [[Ottignies]]. The group of musicians, committee members a supporters counted 54 people. This group left for Belgium on Saturday 18 December afternoon and arrived in the Hotel in [[Louvain-La-Neuve]] at around 9 o’clock that evening.
Il-Banda Vittoriosa żaret il-Belġju bejn il-11 u t-18 ta’ Diċembru 2010, fi skambju mużikali mal-[[Philharmonie Royale Concordia]] minn [[Ottignies]]. Il-grupp ta 'mużiċisti, membri tal-kumitat u partitarji magħduda 54 persuna. Dan il-grupp telaq lejn il-Belġju nhar is-Sibt 18 ta’ Diċembru wara nofsinhar u wasal fil-Lukanda f’[[Louvain-La-Neuve]] għall-ħabta tad-9 ta’ filgħaxija.
 
On Sunday 19th, the group attended mass in this city and then left for the City of [[Nivelles]], where the St Lawrence Band club performed their first concert in the Collegial church of Nivelles at half past one in the afternoon, the main church of this city. Here the band club collaborated with the Philharmonie Royale Concordia, under the direction of Mro Paul Schembri, and performed the following programme:
Il-Ħadd 19, il-grupp attenda għall-quddiesa f’din il-belt u mbagħad telqu lejn il-Belt ta’ [[Nivelles]], fejn il-każin tal-Banda San Lawrenz esegwiet l-ewwel kunċert fil-knisja Kolleġjali ta’ Nivelles fis-siegħa u nofs ta’ waranofsinhar, il-knisja prinċipali ta’ din il-belt. . Hawnhekk il-każin tal-banda kkollabora mal-Philharmonie Royale Concordia, taħt id-direzzjoni tas-Surmast Paul Schembri, u esegwiet dan il-programm:


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This programme was highly enjoyed by the people present. At the end of the concert, the two bands were invited to a reception in Nivelles top hotel by the Mayor of this city. After the reception the group had time to visit the local Christmas Market, and afterwards went to an official dinner in Ceroux-Mousty organized by the Philharmonie Royale Concordia for their guests.
Dan il-programm gawdiet ħafna min-nies preżenti. Fi tmiem il-kunċert, iż-żewġ baned ġew mistiedna għal riċeviment fl-ogħla lukanda ta’ Nivelles mis-Sindku ta’ din il-belt. Wara r-riċeviment il-grupp kellu ħin iżur is-Suq tal-Milied lokali, u wara marru għal ikla uffiċjali f’Ceroux-Mousty organizzata mill-Philharmonie Royale Concordia għall-mistednin tagħhom.
 
The following Monday and Tuesday the musicians did not have any official duties, so the group visited various attractions, such as Maredsous, the local convent, the famous saxophone museum in Dinant and the beautiful city of Bruges in Northern Belgium.
It-Tnejn u t-Tlieta ta’ wara l-mużiċisti ma kellhom l-ebda dmir uffiċjali, għalhekk il-grupp żar diversi attrazzjonijiet, bħal Maredsous, il-kunvent lokali, il-famuż mużew tas-saxophone f’Dinant u l-belt sabiħa ta’ Bruges fit-Tramuntana tal-Belġju.
 
L-Erbgħa 15 kienet ġurnata oħra impenjattiva għall-mużiċisti. Wara li l-grupp żar Louvaine-la-Neuve, il-banda daqqet fil-pjazza ewlenija tal-lokal għall-ferħ tan-nies li kienu qed iżuru s-Suq tal-Milied lokali. Il-Banda esegwiet dan li ġej il-programm wara nofsinhar kiesaħ:


Wednesday 15th was another busy day for the musicians. After the group visited Louvaine-la-Neuve, the band performed in the local main square to the joy of the people visiting the local Christmas Market. The Band performed the following the programme in the cold afternoon:
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On Thursday 16th the group visited Waterloo. Here they visited the house where the Duke of Wellington resided, the museum, various short movies and the grounds where the famous battle took place.
Nhar il-Ħamis 16 il-grupp żar Waterloo. Hawnhekk żaru d-dar fejn kien jgħix id-Duka ta’ Wellington, il-mużew, diversi films qosra u l-art fejn seħħet il-famuża battalja.
   
   
Friday 17th was the most important day of this trip for the group, where the group left for Brussels in the afternoon, where after the group visited the Grand Place and various other landmarks in the centre of the European Capital, the Band started the preparations for Mass and a concert in [[Malta House]]. In Fact the St Lawrence Band Club performed various Christmas carols in the first mass ever held in ''Malta House''. After mass, the Band Club accompanied a number of children from the local Maltese community while they sang Christmas Carols.
Il-Ġimgħa 17 kienet l-aktar ġurnata importanti ta’ din il-vjaġġ għall-grupp, fejn il-grupp telaq lejn Brussell, fejn wara li l-grupp żar il-Grand Place u diversi monumenti oħra fiċ-ċentru tal-Kapitali Ewropea, il-Banda bdiet it-tħejjijiet għal Quddiesa u kunċert f’[[Malta House]]. Fil-fatt il-Każin tal-Banda San Lawrenz esegwiet diversi għanjiet tal-Milied fl-ewwel quddiesa li qatt saret f'''Malta House''. Wara l-quddiesa, il-Każin tal-Banda akkumpanja numru ta’ tfal mill-komunita’ Maltija lokali waqt li kantaw il-Christmas Carols.


Also, the St Lawrence was the first Maltese Band to perform in ''Malta House'', and appropriately, by invitation of the Maltese Ambassador to Belgium, the band prepared and performed this beautiful programme:
Barra minn hekk, San Lawrenz kienet l-ewwel Banda Maltija li ddeċidiet f’''Malta House'', u kif xieraq, fuq stedina tal-Ambaxxatur Malti għall-Belġju, il-banda ħejjew u esegwiet dan il-programm sabiħ:


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| *||Feliz Navidad||[[Jose Feliciano]]
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Light Cavalry F. V. Suppe
Dan il-programm intlaqa’ tajjeb ħafna minn dawk preżenti. Wara dan il-programm, saru numru ta’ diskorsi u preżentazzjonijiet lill-kumitat, lid-direttur tal-Philharmonie Royale Concordia, u lill-Ambaxxatur Malti H.E. [[Pierre Clive Agius]]. Wara riċeviment uffiċjali għal din l-okkażjoni, il-Philharmonie Royale Concordia esegwiet programm għall-okkażjoni wkoll.
Il-Bajja tal-Mellieħa Arr. Mauro Farrugia
Blue Danube Johan Strauss
Best of Zucchero P. Pia
Niftakar Fik Arr. R. Zammit
20th Anniversary Paul Schembri
The Best of Maltese Folklore Arr. A. Chircop
Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano
Christmas Kings A. Balent
This programme was very well received by those present. After this programme, there were a number of speeches and presentations to the committee, the director of the Philharmonie Royale Concordia, and the Maltese Ambassador H.E. [[Pierre Clive Agius]]. After an official reception for this occasion, the Philharmonie Royale Concordia performed a programme for the occasion as well.
   
   
Saturday 18th way the Band’s last day in Belgium, which started early in the morning where the group was invited to a traditional Christmas Breakfast in a Farmhouse in Ottignies. Afterwards, the Philharmonie performed a concert for the group, where the Maltese contingent group could observe how this orchestra rehearses.
Is-Sibt 18 mod l-aħħar jum tal-Banda fil-Belġju, li beda kmieni filgħodu fejn il-grupp ġie mistieden għal kolazzjon tradizzjonali tal-Milied f’Farmhouse f’Ottignies. Wara, il-Philharmonie tat kunċert għall-grupp, fejn il-grupp tal-kontinġent Malti seta josserva kif din l-orkestra tagħmel provi.


Nevertheless, this trip came to an end, and under threat of a severe snowstorm, the group left Belgium and landed in Malta around midnight of the same day. This trip was a great success in all its facets, musically, logistically and entertainment wise, and this was confirmed by both those who were part of it and in various articles on local media.
Minkejja dan, dan il-vjaġġ ġie fi tmiemu, u taħt theddida ta’ maltempata qawwija tas-silġ, il-grupp telaq mill-Belġju u niżel Malta għall-ħabta ta’ nofs il-lejl tal-istess jum. Dan il-vjaġġ kien suċċess kbir fl-aspetti kollha tiegħu, mużikali, loġistikament u divertiment, u dan ġie kkonfermat kemm minn dawk li kienu parti minnu kif ukoll f’diversi artikli fuq il-midja lokali.

Latest revision as of 15:58, 4 May 2023

Il-Banda Vittoriosa żaret il-Belġju bejn il-11 u t-18 ta’ Diċembru 2010, fi skambju mużikali mal-Philharmonie Royale Concordia minn Ottignies. Il-grupp ta 'mużiċisti, membri tal-kumitat u partitarji magħduda 54 persuna. Dan il-grupp telaq lejn il-Belġju nhar is-Sibt 18 ta’ Diċembru wara nofsinhar u wasal fil-Lukanda f’Louvain-La-Neuve għall-ħabta tad-9 ta’ filgħaxija.

Il-Ħadd 19, il-grupp attenda għall-quddiesa f’din il-belt u mbagħad telqu lejn il-Belt ta’ Nivelles, fejn il-każin tal-Banda San Lawrenz esegwiet l-ewwel kunċert fil-knisja Kolleġjali ta’ Nivelles fis-siegħa u nofs ta’ waranofsinhar, il-knisja prinċipali ta’ din il-belt. . Hawnhekk il-każin tal-banda kkollabora mal-Philharmonie Royale Concordia, taħt id-direzzjoni tas-Surmast Paul Schembri, u esegwiet dan il-programm:

No Work Composer
* Light Cavalry F.V. Suppe
* Blue Danube Johan Strauss
* Gladiator Hans Zimmer
* 20th Anniversary Paul Schembri
* Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano
* Christmas Kings Arr. A. Balent
* Radetzky March Johan Strauss

Dan il-programm gawdiet ħafna min-nies preżenti. Fi tmiem il-kunċert, iż-żewġ baned ġew mistiedna għal riċeviment fl-ogħla lukanda ta’ Nivelles mis-Sindku ta’ din il-belt. Wara r-riċeviment il-grupp kellu ħin iżur is-Suq tal-Milied lokali, u wara marru għal ikla uffiċjali f’Ceroux-Mousty organizzata mill-Philharmonie Royale Concordia għall-mistednin tagħhom.

It-Tnejn u t-Tlieta ta’ wara l-mużiċisti ma kellhom l-ebda dmir uffiċjali, għalhekk il-grupp żar diversi attrazzjonijiet, bħal Maredsous, il-kunvent lokali, il-famuż mużew tas-saxophone f’Dinant u l-belt sabiħa ta’ Bruges fit-Tramuntana tal-Belġju.

L-Erbgħa 15 kienet ġurnata oħra impenjattiva għall-mużiċisti. Wara li l-grupp żar Louvaine-la-Neuve, il-banda daqqet fil-pjazza ewlenija tal-lokal għall-ferħ tan-nies li kienu qed iżuru s-Suq tal-Milied lokali. Il-Banda esegwiet dan li ġej il-programm wara nofsinhar kiesaħ:

No Work Composer
* Light Cavalry F. V. Suppe
* 20th Anniversary Paul Schembri
* Blue Danube Johan Strauss
* Best of Zucchero P. Pia
* The Best of Maltese Folklore Arr. A. Chircop
* Carmen George Bizet
* La Vita e Bella Nicola Piovani
* Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano
* Christmas Kings A. Balent

Nhar il-Ħamis 16 il-grupp żar Waterloo. Hawnhekk żaru d-dar fejn kien jgħix id-Duka ta’ Wellington, il-mużew, diversi films qosra u l-art fejn seħħet il-famuża battalja.

Il-Ġimgħa 17 kienet l-aktar ġurnata importanti ta’ din il-vjaġġ għall-grupp, fejn il-grupp telaq lejn Brussell, fejn wara li l-grupp żar il-Grand Place u diversi monumenti oħra fiċ-ċentru tal-Kapitali Ewropea, il-Banda bdiet it-tħejjijiet għal Quddiesa u kunċert f’Malta House. Fil-fatt il-Każin tal-Banda San Lawrenz esegwiet diversi għanjiet tal-Milied fl-ewwel quddiesa li qatt saret f'Malta House. Wara l-quddiesa, il-Każin tal-Banda akkumpanja numru ta’ tfal mill-komunita’ Maltija lokali waqt li kantaw il-Christmas Carols.

Barra minn hekk, San Lawrenz kienet l-ewwel Banda Maltija li ddeċidiet f’Malta House, u kif xieraq, fuq stedina tal-Ambaxxatur Malti għall-Belġju, il-banda ħejjew u esegwiet dan il-programm sabiħ:

No Work Composer
* Light Cavalry F. V. Suppe
* Il-Bajja tal-Mellieħa Arr. Mauro Farrugia
* Blue Danube Johan Strauss
* Best of Zucchero P. Pia
* Niftakar Fik Arr. R. Zammit
* 20th Anniversary Paul Schembri
* The Best of Maltese Folklore Arr. A. Chircop
* Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano
* Christmas Kings A. Balent

Dan il-programm intlaqa’ tajjeb ħafna minn dawk preżenti. Wara dan il-programm, saru numru ta’ diskorsi u preżentazzjonijiet lill-kumitat, lid-direttur tal-Philharmonie Royale Concordia, u lill-Ambaxxatur Malti H.E. Pierre Clive Agius. Wara riċeviment uffiċjali għal din l-okkażjoni, il-Philharmonie Royale Concordia esegwiet programm għall-okkażjoni wkoll.

Is-Sibt 18 mod l-aħħar jum tal-Banda fil-Belġju, li beda kmieni filgħodu fejn il-grupp ġie mistieden għal kolazzjon tradizzjonali tal-Milied f’Farmhouse f’Ottignies. Wara, il-Philharmonie tat kunċert għall-grupp, fejn il-grupp tal-kontinġent Malti seta josserva kif din l-orkestra tagħmel provi.

Minkejja dan, dan il-vjaġġ ġie fi tmiemu, u taħt theddida ta’ maltempata qawwija tas-silġ, il-grupp telaq mill-Belġju u niżel Malta għall-ħabta ta’ nofs il-lejl tal-istess jum. Dan il-vjaġġ kien suċċess kbir fl-aspetti kollha tiegħu, mużikali, loġistikament u divertiment, u dan ġie kkonfermat kemm minn dawk li kienu parti minnu kif ukoll f’diversi artikli fuq il-midja lokali.

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