The photo was taken on the walk from Mellieha.
This is a brief post about the tambour and Maltese flute I have ordered. It-tanbur will be delivered this Thursday and il-flejguta sometime in the future. A few months ago, I posted a blog about a Maltese composer, Ruben Zahra, that I went to hear at a lunchtime concert at Manoel Theatre in Valletta. He introduced one of his pieces that used old Maltese folk instruments including a Maltese bagpipe.
At the end of last year, I found Ruben Zahra's book, A guide to Maltese Folk Music and bought it as a Christmas treat to myself. It has a CD of music included.
This year, I started to find articles in the local papers about Ruben Zahra's campaign to revive Maltese folk music. He is running a programme in the schools and distributing tambours and flutes so that the children can learn to use them with the aid of CDs and their teachers who will attend a series of workshops. There is a website with sound and video of an ancient Maltese tambour player, www.soundscapes.com.mt
So I emailed and am waiting for my delivery on Thursday!
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