Francesco Azopardi (1748-1809) - Sinfonia in Re maggiore
Performers: Orchestral ensemble; Joseph Vеlla (conductor)
Painting: Gaspar Adriaansz van Wittel (1653-1736) - The Darsena delle Galere and Castello Nuovo at Naples
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Maltese composer and theorist. His earliest training was under the
composer Michel’Angelo Vella, prior to his being sent to Naples in 1763,
where he enrolled in the Conservatorio di Sant’Onofrio a Porta Capuana.
His teachers there were Joseph Doll and Niccolò Piccinni. In 1774 he
returned to Malta to become maestro di cappella at the Mdina Cathedral
of Saint Paul. In 1783 he was appointed as successor of Benigno Zerafa
at the St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, a position he finally
attained in 1789. As a composer, his works include an opera; the festive
cantata 'Malta felice'; an oratorio; 31 Masses; 76 Psalms; six
Magnificats; two Passions; six Lamentations; 70 motets; 16 antiphons;
and three symphonies of the singlemovement da chiesa form. His style
reflects the late Neapolitan opera, but his use of instrumental color
and harmony are particularly effective. His most famous theoretical work
is the treatise 'Il musico prattico' (c.1781). During his lifetime, he
was a well-known and much-soughtafter composer, particularly of church
music.
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