My Choice - Ricci: Hymn of Glory to St Helena (Birkirkara)

In Malta, each town and village celebrates a feast to their patron saint and this is done every year. Each feast has its own hymn or hymns. Some of these hymns are musical masterpieces.

One of the very beautiful hymns in existence is "Inno di Gloria a Sant'Elena Imperatrice" (Hymn of Glory to Empress St Helena) which was composed in 1900 by Mro Raffaele Ricci with lyrics by Fr Gwann Bugeja and played by the Duke of Connaught's Own Band of the town of Birkirkara.

The Choir is "Ite Ad Joseph" under Mro Godwin Grima, Tenor Andrew Sapiano, Baritone Joe Vella Bondin and the band Mro is Andrew Coleiro.

This hymn is still being played every year during the procession.

To compliment this beautiful hymn, we're showing you photos of the feast of St Helena in Birkirkara Malta, most of them from the feast of 2011. Photos were taken by my wife, Choy Hong (Jasmine) Grech.

NOTE: This hymn is just over 20 minutes long and unfortunately we had to trim it a bit since Youtube's allowable video time is just above 15 minutes.

You can watch an extended version of the procession here:
   • Malta-Birkirkara: Feast of St Helen 2011  

This photo video is divided into:

Photos of the Parish Church including its huge bell;
Street decorations and the Band Clubs;
Procession's exit and walk around the town;
Entry of procession.
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