Unit 9 – Listening and Apprasing
Activity 1 – The Malta Suite
Students are made aware of the importance of our roots build on our traditions and culture, including music.
Maltese composer Charles Camilleri, was one of the pioneers who established a music classical tradition in Malta. He is the composer of over 300 works, all of which vary in style and instrumentation. One of his famous works, Malta Suite, written on the island of Gozo at the age of 15, is a work based on Maltese musical fragments which were rearranged and orchestrated with meticulous incisivness and precision, Malta Suite is a representation of the Maltese way of life; in the composer’s own words: “this is the music of the people to my people”.
The Malta Suite consists of four movements:
1st movement – Country Dance
2nd movement – Waltz
3rd movement – Nocturne (A quiet night)
4th movement – Village Festa
The teacher can play a short exerpt from each movements in this order or ask the children to identify the movement when played in a random order.
The children are asked to write a few sentences to describe the music.
Activity 2 – Village Festa
Whilst listening the the Village Festa, the children will be asked to draw a picture or write a few sentences describing the feast.
Activity 3 – Charles Camilleri
Charles Camilleri was born in Malta and today he is recognized as one of the most individual composers of our time. Research this composer and his works and organise your material into a short project.