The next Lunchtime Concert will feature a vocal recital by baritone Kevin Caruana and pianist Alexander Vella Gregory, who will be interpreting the complete cycle of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel. The concert, organised by the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts, will be held on Wednesday in the Music Room at St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta at 12.35pm.

The performance starts at 12.30pm and lasts approximately 30 minutes. Tickets at Lm1 each (50c each for children under 12 and persons over 60) can be purchased from the booking office at St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta, Tel: 2122-3200.

Songs of Travel is a cycle of nine songs written for baritone voice and piano, composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with poems selected from the Robert Louis Stevenson collection as lyrics.

Still in his early twenties, baritone Kevin Caruana has been performing in prominent venues around Malta and recently in recital at the Théâtre Municipal de Bastia, France.

Alexander Vella Gregory started his piano and music theory studies at an early age with Dr D. Buhagiar, and continued studying with Mro Paul Borg and Mro Laurence Borg. In 2002, he won the Ian Tomlin Napier/Malta Music Scholarship, which enabled him to pursue a B.Mus (Hons) degree in composition at the Ian Tomlin School of Music, Napier University, Edinburgh from where he graduated in July 2006.

Further information on cultural activities can be obtained from www.maltaculture.com