Allegro con Brio TV

This week, Allegro Con Brio will be focusing on 20TH CENTURY MUSIC. As usual, Ian Peter will start by giving us an overview of the 20th-century classical music scene from its precursors, inception, and through to its later stages and developments, highlighting, along the way, the most influential composers of the time, of course.

Our guest for this week will be harpist Dr. Anne Marie Camilleri Podestà. Dr. Podestà will be speaking about her career as a harpist, as well as about all her international experiences. She will also be briefing us on her upcoming concerts and events.

This week’s concert will feature pianists Christine Borg, Michela Galea, Janet Falzon, and Ian Peter Bugeja, who will be performing works for the piano by Poulenc, Ginastera, Bridge, and Cowell respectively.

Just as she does every week, Christina will be giving us some information – this week she will be shedding some light on 20th-century composer Philip Glass, as well as on the timpani.

As usual, the programme will be ending with a special feature. This week’s feature will be showcasing the Berlin Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) performing the first movement from Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphonie Classique, No. 1 in D major (Op. 25); under the direction of the legendary Herbert Von Karajan - the perfect example of the ‘maestro as a superstar’.

Our guest for this week will be the young internationally-acclaimed pianist Charlene Farrugia. At the tender age of 13, Charlene was the youngest soloist to ever perform with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (the then National Orchestra). Since then, she has never looked back and has already managed to establish herself as one of the leading pianists of the country, backed by her various international experiences.