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The Stradivari Season is presenting two more grand concerts in the International Summer Festival series at Ta' Liesse, Valletta. Bulgarian pianist Mario Angelov will present A Romantic Chopin Evening today at 8 p.m. The programme will include Sonata...

The Stradivari Season is presenting two more grand concerts in the International Summer Festival series at Ta' Liesse, Valletta.

Bulgarian pianist Mario Angelov will present A Romantic Chopin Evening today at 8 p.m. The programme will include Sonata Op.58 B minor; Scherzo op.39, No 3 in C sharp minor; eight Preludes from Op.28; three Mazurkas Op.30 and Polonaise Op.53 in A Flat Major.

The highlight of the International Summer Festival is a spectacular orchestral concert when Alan Chircop will present the National Orchestra with the guest participation of violinist Eugeniy Chevkenov, in a grand orchestral concert on Friday, at 8 p.m.

The romantic programme includes Weber's Freischütz overture, Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony and Grieg's famous Peer Gynt Suite no.1. The main work in the first part of the programme will be one of Beethoven's most beautiful and popular masterpieces, the Violin Concerto.

The International Summer Festival presented by the Stradivari Season is being held within the framework of the summer cultural activities series 2004. This series, which ranges from music and dance to film and theatre is organised by the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts and sponsored by HSBC Bank Malta plc.

Reservations can be made on tel. 9945 7126, 7926 2391 or 9986 4967 or via e-mail. Tickets can be purchased from the Manoel Theatre shop (tel: 2122 8800). Golden Circle tickets are available only at Diamonds International in Valletta on tel. 2122 0200.

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