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26-Jun-2015
by Rob Howard
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| The Accord Orchestra Potsdam (MD Guido Roß), from Germany, toured Malta recently. Their concerts were shared with the Santa Maria Accordion Band (MD Marthese Busuttil Cassar, L.B.C.A), and it was a great experience for the Maltese band to play with the visitors. The two bands’ members exchanged experiences and learned from each other the art of accordion playing, and the concerts were a great advert for this instrument. The bands performed certain numbers alone, and some together. The German orchestra had an under 14 years section band, and an over 14 years senior band, which performed separately, but when all bands played all together in one big orchestra there were around 75 members. This was possibly the greatest accordion event in Malta since the CIA Coupe Mondiale of 1965, which was organised by the late renowned accordionist Charles Camilleri. See Charles Camilleri Memorial. The pieces performed included: ‘Medallion Calls’ (from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’), ‘La Cumparsita’, ‘Somewhere My Love’ (from ‘Dr. Zhivago’), ‘Funiculi, Funicula’, ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ (Offenbach), ‘Prelude’ (Marc-Antoine Charpentier), ‘1492 Conquest of Paradise’, ‘Hallelujah’ (Leonard Cohen), ‘Il-Maltija’ (Popular Maltese 18th Century Court Dance), ‘Phantom of the Opera’ (Lloyd-Webber), ‘William Tell’ (Rossini, ‘Brick in The Wall’ (Pink Floyd), and ‘Danza Kudura’. |
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