Times Of Malta: Yuletide concerts

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Featured on Times of Malta 30th December 2015.

... "There was no pain in the ears, however, at the splendid performance of this year’s Carols by Candlelight by Xagħra’s Schola Cantorum Jubilate directed by Maroushka Attard at the Augustinian Church in Victoria.

A full church for the two performances must have gratified the organisers, as must have the spontaneous standing ovation at the end of the first performance.

I have come to expect nothing but the best from this choir, which, yet again, lived up to its reputation as one of the best in these islands.

There were of course the usual traditional carols but this was no run of the mill performance. There was a strong dose of the traditional and others of the same ilk but set to contemporary and very difficult arrangements and interpreted with flying colours. These concerts were in aid of Dar Ġuża Debono, which this year celebrated its 30th anniversary" ...

by Albert Storace

Full article can be found here. http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20151230/arts-entertainment/Yuletide-concerts.597223