British conductor James Judd and Finnish violinist Vesa-Matti Leppänen performs in Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s February concert

Conductor James Judd

February 17, 2012, 8:00 PM

Philam Life Auditorium

UN Avenue, Manila

Featuring:

Vesa-Matti Leppänen, violin

Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

James Judd, conductor

Programme:

Leonard Bernstein Overture from Candide

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 Italian

The next season concert of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra happening this February 17, 2012, 8:00 PM is going to be a different experience. First of all, the venue will be the Philam Life Auditorium since the orchestra’s usual performing space, the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) is already booked by Mamma Mia on that night. Adding more to the different experience is the guest conductor, British James Judd and violinist Vesa-Matti Leppänen from Finland. Both artists are associated with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra since Judd is the NZSO’s Music Director Emeritus while Leppänen is the concertmaster of the said orchestra.

Violinist Vesa-Matti Leppänen

While many things are different, one thing remains the same: I’ll be watching for sure. And the programme prepared for this evening is also no different from me as it consists of very familiar concert fare: Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 and Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 also known as the Italian Symphony. Remarkably, this concert entitled James Judd and the Italian Symphony is the first one of this PPO season wherein all of the pieces to be performed are very well known to me.

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

It will be very interesting to hear the PPO perform at the Philam Life Auditorium since this auditorium has excellent acoustics. Also, I’ve never heard the PPO play at this venue before and I am already looking forward to hear how the resulting sound will be. But this venue’s seating capacity is far less compared to the CCP Main Theater which means that securing seats should not be left at the last minute as well or one might regret not being able to see this unique PPO experience.

Ticket prices:

P1000 Orchestra Center

P800 Orchestra Side

P500 Loge Center

P350 Loge Side

-50% student discount

-20% senior citizen discount

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CCP Marketing Department 832-1125 loc. 1806

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