Music in Malta 1978-79

Abstract

Although musical activity during the '78-79 season tended to be more varied than in the past few years, there was, on the whole, a decline both in the quality and in the quantity of performances, especially those by foreign artists visiting the country, While the number and the standard of local performances remained fairly stable there were very few really outstanding performances, The cultural legations of foreign embassies in Malta, who over the past few years, have been very generous in sponsoring concerts by outstanding artists from their respective countries, seemed last year to have lost much of their former enthusiasm and their offerings have been comparatively few. [excerpt]