Programme

F. Schubert (1797 – 1828)                    An Silva

                                                                Heidenröslein

                                                                Litanei

                                                                Ganymed

                                                                Die Forelle

                                                                Moments musicaux D. 780 (Piano Solo)

                                                                Allegro moderato; Allegretto

R. Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958)    Songs of Travel                                                             

Yang Wern Ooi is a bass-baritone who founded The Tiger Vocal Quartet which performed popular operatic ensemble pieces in various locations in London, including Café Fidelio. He has sung the bass solo parts in Orff’s Carmina Burana, Bach’s Magnificat, Fauré’s Requiem, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, and Bach’s St John Passion, to name but a few. Over the course of two years, he sang a Bach Cantata aria once a month at the Swiss Church in London for their Sunday services. A former lay clerk of Tewkesbury Abbey he now sings with the Laudate Pueri Choir. He has been a Choir Director for Charlton Church, Worcestershire, the Swiss Church, London, Southwark Chamber Choir, Godolphin and Latymer Staff Choir, and he has recently started the Barts Malta Choir in Gozo. He studied with Justin Lavender (Vocal Professor of the Royal College of Music, London). 

Francis Camilleri formally commenced his pianoforte studies with Lucia Micallef and continued his tuition with Karen Briscoe, whilst also taking lessons with Prof. Vanessa Latarche and Prof. Dmitri Alexeev at the Royal College of Music, London. Francis graduated with honours from the University of Malta in pianoforte performance under the tuition of Michael Laus, and has participated in master classes led by John Lill, Mikhail Pethukov, and Young-Choon Park, among others. He was also coached in harmony and counterpoint by Joseph Vella and has lately finished his doctoral studies with a thesis focusing on Vella’s piano works, including his Piano Concerto op. 41 which was revived earlier thist year at the Manoel Theatre after more than 40 years since its premiere. Francis has recently performed a solo recital at the President’s Palace in San Anton as part of the Valletta Baroque Festival and a Schubert Recital at the Malta Society of Arts. He is also working as a répétiteur, collaborating with renowned opera singers such as Gregory Kunde, Barbara Frittoli and Gianluca Terranova. He is the opera choir master at the Teatru Astra and earlier this year he also coached the opera choir for Turandot for the Classique Foundation at the Teatru Astra. Francis is a member of the Laudate Pueri Choir and the Victoria International Arts Festival.