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Camilleri: Piano Concerto No. 1 "Mediterranean", Accordion Concerto & Malta Suite

3/4/2016, 10 Tracks, 1:00:19

Featuring

  • Miran Vaupotić
  • Charlene Farrugia
  • Marco Cola
  • Franko Božac
  • Joseph Camilleri
  • Orkestra Filarmonika Nazzjonali
  • Charles Camilleri

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Composer Biography

Charles Camilleri, the composer, assisted Sir Malcolm Arnold on the Oscar-winning soundtrack of The Bridge on the River Kwai, earning a living as a light-music arranger, performer, composer, and conductor.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Charles Camilleri, the composer, was widely respected as an accordion virtuoso and pedagogue in the 1950s and 1960s, performing internationally, publishing an accordion method, and recording a solo LP.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Charles Camilleri, the composer, developed the concept of the 'atomisation of the beat,' a universal rhythm made of small, unconnected units, which he believed formed part of an even greater rhythm of the universe.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Charlene Farrugia, the pianist on this album, was the youngest soloist ever to perform with the National Orchestra of Malta at the age of thirteen.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Piano Concerto No. 1 'Mediterranean' by Charles Camilleri, the composer, was inspired by his first experience hearing a live professional orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, at a Promenade Concert in London.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

The Malta Suite by Charles Camilleri, the composer, is considered Malta's musical emblem, with a recording of its second movement, the Waltz, aired daily in Valletta, the capital city.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Charles Camilleri, the composer, started composing at age eleven and wrote pieces inspired by Maltese traditional music by his late teens.

Source: Booklet

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