Rewwixta Symposium

Christopher Muscat

Whether it is a short chamber work or a large-scale composition such as an Oratorio or an Opera, a composer has to revert to his composition tool box that not only helps in creating the necessary building blocks for a composition but, perhaps more importantly, is also responsible for creating the composer’s ‘sound' – that which clearly distinguishes one composer from the other. Composer and conductor Christopher Muscat opens up Joseph Vella's tool box and analyses the wide array of composition techniques used by Joseph Vella with particular reference to his Oratorio Ir-Rewwixta.

Colin Attard

Colin Attard – Vella's eldest and close nephew and mentee, and himself one of Malta's most active musical personalities – gives a quite personal insight into Vella's life, especially his early years and the gradual development of his career – whether as conductor, composer or academic.

Also mentioning some interesting anecdotes, Attard outlines…