Upcoming Concerts
UK tour (various venues)
Summer 2011
Wens and Bidla are currently being performed by the McAllister Agnew duo as part of a UK tour celebrating their ten year anniversary as a flute and guitar duo. For more information visit http://www.matthewmcallister.com/ tagged/upcomingconcerts
Sala Isouard, Manoel Theatre, Valletta, Malta
20:00, 3rd November 2011
Spotlight on Véronique Vella.
Profile concert featuring Vella's Epilogue, Passages of Love, Fjuri, Fantasia, Wens and Kapriċċ. The concert will also feature works by Alex Vella Gregory, Katrina Burton and György Ligeti. For more information visit http://www.teatrumanoel.com.mt/default.asp?m=shows&id=124
Past Concerts
Concerts showcasing Véronique’s compositions
University of Malta (as part of Evenings on Campus), Malta
29th July 2011
Fjuri (arranged for violin, clarinet and piano) performed by Equinox Trio.
Cathedral of the Isles (as part of Classical Guitar Retreat), Cumbrae, UK
7th July 2011
Bidla (flute & guitar) & Wens (solo flute) premiered by Matthew McAllister (guitar) and Aisling Agnew (flute).
Action Base (as part of International Festival of the Arts), Buskett, Malta
20th June 2011
Fjuri (arranged for violin, clarinet and piano) performed by Equinox Trio.
La Valette Hall, Mediterranean Conference Centre (Malta Fashion Awards 2011), Valletta, Malta
16th May 2011
Sardinella (from Fjuri) performed by Equinox Trio.
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, UK
23rd March 2011
L-Ewwel Xita I & III performed by Clare Ghigo (voice), Artjoms Romanov (cello) and Ana Louisa Monteiro (piano).
The Manoel Theatre (MPO Young Composers' Concert), Valletta, Malta
18th February 2011
Ritratti premiered by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra with Véronique as piano soloist. The piece won the Young Composers Competition 2011.
Sala Isouard, Manoel Theatre (as part of Spotlight On series), Valletta, Malta
2nd December 2010
Fantasia (for solo piano) performed by Alex Vella Gregory.
St. Mark's Unitarian Church (as part of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Edinburgh, UK
31st August 2010
4th September 2010
4th September 2010
UK premiere of Fantasia for solo piano. Performed by Véronique Vella. The programme also included works for solo piano by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Grieg, Turina.
Malaysia Tour
25th September - 3rd October 2010
Wens. A solo flute piece performed by Aisling Agnew.
America Tour
20th March - 17th April 2010
Wens. A solo flute piece performed by Aisling Agnew.
Casino Maltese (as part of Notte Bianca), Valletta, Malta
3rd October 2009
Malta premiere of Fjuri for clarinet, violin, cello and piano. Performed by Godfrey Mifsud, Roberta Attard, Rahia Awalom and Véronique Vella. The programme also included works for solo piano.
Bute Hall, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
30th September 2009
Fine Line. An orchestral piece premiered by the Orchestra of Scottish Opera.
Bute Hall, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
30th September 2009
Fine Line. A new orchestral piece to be premiered by the Orchestra of Scottish Opera.
Casino Maltese (as part of Notte Bianca), Valletta, Malta
3rd October 2009
7:00pm
9:00pm
10:00pm (solo piano only)
00:30am
Malta premiere of Fjuri for clarinet, violin, cello and piano. To be performed by Godfrey Mifsud, Roberta Attard, Rahia Awalom and Véronique Vella. The programme will also include works for solo piano.
St. Bride's Fleet Street Church, London, UK
3rd November 2009
Wens. A new solo flute piece to be performed by Aisling Agnew.
St. Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, UK
26th September 2009
Victoria International Arts Festival, Gozo, Malta
15th June 2009
The Composer Speaks: a lecture by Véronique on her compositional output. This included live performances of her work.
Sala Isouard, Manoel Theatre, Valletta, Malta
7th January 2009
Passages of Love performed by Clare Ghigo (mezzo soprano) & Véronique Vella (piano).
Rathaus, Bürgersaal, Germany
5th December 2008
Kapriċċ premiered by Isabel Morey Suau (violin), Neil Fellows (horn) and Peter Evans (piano).
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, UK
26th November 2008
Passages of Love performed by Clare Ghigo & Véronique Vella as part of Napier University’s 40th Anniversary Concert.
The University Concert Hall, University of Glasgow, UK
15th June 2008
Epilogue performed by The Research Ensemble, conducted by Kenneth Dempster as part of the Glasgow West End Festival.
The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, UK
6th June 2008
L-Ewwel Xita II & III performed by sopranos Nicola Said (soprano) and Francesca Aquilina (soprano) as part of The Ian Tomlin School of Music Annual Showcase Concert.
Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh, UK
30th May 2008
Fjuri premiered by The Research Ensemble at the first Edinburgh Composers Collective Concert.
The Ian Tomlin School of Music, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
7th May 2008
L-Ewwel Xita I, II & III premiered by Nicola Said and Francesca Aquilina as part of the Ian Tomlin School of Music showcase concert.
St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, UK
24th February 2008
Gelsomina II premiered by Aisling Agnew (flute, alto flute) and The Edinburgh Quartet as part of the St. Giles’ at Six concert series.
University of Aberdeen, UK
3rd November 2007
Xalata premiered by Rohan De Saram (cello) as part of Sound Festival.
The Ian Tomlin School of Music, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
6th October 2007
Epilogue premiered by The Research Ensemble for the Louis MacNeice Centenary Competition, for which it won second prize.
St. James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta
4th September 2007
Passages of Love premiered by Clare Ghigo & Véronique Vella.
The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, UK
15th June 2007
Passju (from Fjuri) performed by Jennifer Cochrane (clarinet), Fraser McNaughton (violin), Justyna Jablonska (cello) and Véronique Vella (piano).
St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, UK
18th February 2007
Gelsomina I premiered by Heather Tait (flute) and The Edinburgh Quartet as part of the St. Giles at Six concert series.
CCMIX, Paris, France
28th July 2006
Banda played through 4 channels and Juillet played in stereo.
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow
9th June 2006
Katina premiered by The Orchestra of Scottish Opera conducted by Derek Clark at the Musica Nova Festival.
Craiglockhart Chapel, Edinburgh, UK
12th May 2006
Banda premiered at the Sonic Fusion Festival, played through 8 channel speakers.
Adam House, Edinburgh, UK
24-27th November 2004
Original improvised music composed for the play, Arcadia by Tom Stoppard.
Concerts featuring Véronique’s piano performances
St. Mark's Unitarian Church, Edinburgh, UK
22nd July 2011
Véronique Vella (piano) and Jennifer Cochrane (clarinet) presented a programme of rarely performed works by Burgmüller, Chausson, Donatoni, Camilleri, Genzmer, Weiner and Copland.
Elgin High Church, Elgin, UK
6th March 2009
Spring concert in aid of Amnesty International with sopranos Aimee Penman and Sine MacDonald-Coull featuring works by Delibes, Fauré, Mozart, Brahms and Handel.
Sala Isouard, Manoel Theatre, Valletta, Malta
7th January 2009
Passages of Love performed by Clare Ghigo (mezzo soprano) & Véronique Vella (piano) in a vocal and piano recital, featuring works by Berg, Barber, Poulenc, Bolcom and Britten.
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, UK
26th November 2008
Passages of Love performed by Clare Ghigo & Véronique Vella as part of Napier University’s 40th Anniversary Concert.
St. James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta
2-6th April 2008
Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel performed by Jennifer Cochrane (clarinet), Johnathan Law (viola), Jennifer McKay (horn), Justyna Jablonska (cello) and Véronique Vella (piano).
St. James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta
4th September 2007
Solo performance of Brahms’s Waltzes Op. 39 and Vella’s Passages of Love with Clare Ghigo.
The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, UK
15th June 2007
The concert featured Vella’s Passju (from Fjuri), performed by Jennifer Cochrane (clarinet), Fraser McNaughton (violin), Justyna Jablonska (cello) and Véronique Vella (piano).
St.Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, UK
25th March 2007
Performance of solo and chamber music with the Ascolta Ensemble featuring works by Handel, Holst, Turina, Godard, Mozart and Vivaldi.
Edinburgh Society of Musicians, Edinburgh, UK
28th October 2006
Performance of solo and chamber music with the Ascolta Ensemble featuring works by Bach, Schumann, Debussy and Fauré.
St. Michael’s Concert Series, Linlithgow, UK
2nd July 2006
Concert with soprano Jennifer McGregor featuring works by Purcell, Gibbs, Doyle and German.
Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh, UK
22nd March 2006
Concert featuring Vella’s performance of Franz Lizst’s Sonnetto 47 del Petrarca & Spozalizio (Années de pélerinage) for piano solo.
The Tron Theatre, Glasgow, UK
19th, 20th June 2007
Original Polish chamber music by Krzysztof Mielczarek, performed live for a theatrical performance of Re-ID by Polish theatre company Gappad.
The Ian Tomlin School of Music, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
25th November 2005
Inaugural recital celebrating the acquisition of the Bösendorfer Concert Grand Piano featuring Vella’s performance of Charles Camilleri’s Mediterranean Images and Times of Day.
St. James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta
1st September 2005
Piano recital featuring works for solo piano & four hands in which Vella performed works by Chaminade, Debussy and Ravel.
St. Mark’s Unitarian Church, Edinburgh, UK
14th May 2005
Music for solo piano including Vella’s interpretation of Charles Camilleri’s Mediterranean Images.
Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh, UK
4th May 2005
Mozart’s Piano Concerto K488 in A major with The Napier Chamber Orchestra.
Robert Sammut Centre, Floriana, Malta
17th October 2004
Performance of Charles Camilleri’s Mediterranean Images for solo piano.
St. James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta
25th January 2004
World premiere of Jesmond Grixti’s Toccata and the Malta premiere of Brenton Broadstock’s ‘…The Dying of the Light’ for solo piano; chamber music piece Childhood Lost by Joanna Selleck’s performed with members of The Malta National Orchestra.
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, UK
16th May 2002
World premiere of The Corridor by Kenneth Dempster with the Contemporary Music Ensemble and performance of O King by Luciano Berio.