Programme

H. Goetz (1840 – 1876)                   Sonata op. 17

                                                          Langsam, Sehr lebhaft; Mässig bewegt;

                                                          Langsam; Langsam, Graziös und nicht zu rasch

S. Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943)           Six Morceaux op. 11        

                                                Barcarolle; Scherzo; Thème Russe;

                                                           Valse, Romance; Slava

J. Corigliano (b. 1938)                         Gazebo Dances

                                                            Overture; Waltz; Adagio; Tarantella

Duo Chircop Rivoltini started working together in 1995 when they followed a two-year course in chamber music at the Academy of Florence, Italy. They have performed locally at the Manoel Theatre, the Mediterranean Conference Centre, the President of Malta’s Residence, the Robert Samut Hall, Floriana, and the Victoria International Arts Festival, Gozo. They have given the world premiere of Joseph Vella’s Concerto for Two Pianos at the Conservatory of Marseilles with a repeat performance a repetition of this work at the Lincoln Centre, New York. They have also performed at the Abbazia di Viboldone, Milano. Performances with 2 pianos and the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra include Poulenc, Bruch, Mendelssohn, McDonald, Saint-Saens, Arnold, Britten and Tansman.  Other performances have taken them to France, Germany, Spain, Greece, Syria, Portugal, England, Italy and New York. They have recorded for Rugginenti and original contemporary Maltese works by Joseph Vella.  Natascha and Marco are both piano tutors at the Malta School of Music.