Cappella Sanctae Catharinae
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Cappella Sanctae Catharinae are Malta’s only male choir. It concentrates mostly on Italian Renaissance and Early Baroque polyphony, especially the works of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Lodovico Viadana. Cappella Sanctae Catharinae was formed in 2009 as a chamber choir specialising in Renaissance polyphony. The choir started off as a performance project tied to the concert series held regularly at the Church of St Catherine of Italy in Valletta. Following positive critical acclaim, the original members decided to make the choir a permanent group. Although the choir has only been a year in existence, it has already established itself in the Maltese cultural scene with a number of concerts to its credit.
The Cappella Sanctae Catharinae has performed in various venues across Malta including the Carmelite Church in Mdina, St Paul’s Anglican cathedral, and the parish church of St. Catherine in Żejtun. It is also the choir’s policy to utilise as much as possible the multitude of churches around Malta not only to reach out more into the community, but also to give a sense of the effect of the music’s original setting.
In 16 November 2012 the choir presented a programme entitled O Quam Suavis, that included Italian polyphony from the 16th and 17 centuries, at the church of Santa Tereża in Bormla. The choir was composed of two cantus, three tenors, four baritones and three basses. Their organist is Alex Vella Gregory, who is also a baritone. Amongst the nine polyphonic harmonies that they sang were Ave Regina Caelorum by the Ursoline nun Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704 - Novara), Salve Regina (terzo) by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643 - Cremona) and Alma Redemptoris by Palestrina (1526-1594 - Palestrina).
Recently, the choir took part in a concert of Early Music with internationally renowned soprano Dame Emma Kirkby, as well as in the first edition of the Valletta International Baroque Festival[1]. The choir has also collaborated with the School of Practical Philosophy and Din l-Art Helwa.
Choir Members
Cantus: Giuseppe Agulli, Fabio Billi, Michael Zammit Maempel, Franco Vella
Tenor: Marco Calleja, Karl Cassar, Quentin Lawson, Adrian Sammut
Baritone: Roderick Mallia, Daniel Micallef Grimaud, Josef Tanti, Alex Vella Gregory
Bass: Albert Buttigieg, John Paul Cauchi, Warren Vella
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