Sun, 19 Jun
|Mnajdra Temples
Sunrise Mass by Ola Gjeilo
Sunrise Mass is a project which for the first time brings national entities KorMalta, Zfin Malta, and Heritage Malta together to promote Malta’s status as a cultural tourism destination through a common artistic project of high symbolic value.
Time & Location
19 Jun 2022, 05:30 – 7:00
Mnajdra Temples, Qrendi QRD 2502, Malta
About The Event
Sunrise Mass is a project which for the first time brings national entities KorMalta, Zfin Malta, and Heritage Malta together to promote Malta’s status as a cultural tourism destination through a common artistic project of high symbolic value. Ola Gjeilo’s renowned Sunrise Mass for chorus and string orchestra is an exceptionally light and moving piece; it conveys the composer’s modern and original take on the centuries-old tradition of sacred music. The event will take place at dawn at the Mnejdra Temple during the summer solstice.
Genre & year of composition: Symphonic, Multidisciplinary, Contemporary, 2007
Formation: String Orchestra, mixed Choir (SSAATTBB)
Conductor: Riccardo Bianch
Collaboration: ŻfinMalta, Heritage Malta