Malta International Organ Festival – Opening Concert – Organ and Sax

Hear the saxophone sing against the rich sound of the cathedral organ as Italy’s Duo Faggioni opens the 2026 Malta International Organ Festival. At St Paul’s Anglican Pro-Cathedral in Valletta, organist Stefano Faggioni and saxophonist Fabio Faggioni bring an unexpected palette of colours to Gregorian melodies, medieval Armenian chants and Stefano’s own arrangement of the Renaissance chanson Susanne un jour.

Bach’s chorale prelude offers a moment of stillness before the organ takes on the splendour of Couperin’s Offertoire sur les grands jeux. Denis Bédard’s Sonata brings out another side of the duo, with the gentle sway of its Barcarolle and the playful exchanges of its Humoresque.

Duo Faggioni – Stefano & Fabio Faggioni