Strings take spotlight in PPO's chamber music concert series

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra brings more chamber music performances online with the fourth installment of its Chamber Music Concert series premiering this March 26, 2021, 8:00 PM at the PPO Facebook page and the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Facebook page and YouTube channels.

The strings take the spotlight in this edition starting with cellist Giuseppe Andre Diestro and double bassist Ariston Payte III performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sonata for Cello and Double Bass in B flat Major, K. 292 (196c).

Violinists Berny Dulce Payte, Ma. Angelica Uson, Ayesa Cruz, and Gemma Bicaldo team up for Ignaz Lachner’s Quartet for Four Violins in G Major, Op. 107.

PPO Spotlight presents Lenten special

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra presents a Lenten special for its fourth installment of the PPO Spotlight Virtual Pocket Performances series streaming on March 19, 2021, 8:00 PM at Cultural Center of the Philippines YouTube channel and the PPO’s Facebook page.

The program for this installment includes How Great Thou Art by Carl Boberg to be performed by cellist Roland Guerrero, Tanging Yaman by Nonong Buencamino and Manoling Francisco to be performed by violinist Michael Del Rosario, Ave Verum Corpus by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to be played by French Horn player Ernani Pascual and Angelita Pasamba’s arrangement of Lift Up Your Hands by Cecille Azarcon–Picasso to be played by a string quartet composed of violinists Christian Tan and Ma. Angelica Uson, violist Ferdinand Dumlao, and cellist Herrick Ortiz.

The PPO Spotlight Virtual Pocket Performances series, a project of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, premiered back in February 2021 and will run up to July this year.

PPO Spotlight premieres new episode on March 5

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra continues its PPO Spotlight: Virtual Pocket Performances with a new selection of popular/easy listening tunes performed by members of the orchestra to be steamed online on March 5, 2021, 8:00 PM at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the PPO’s various social media pages and channels.

The third installment will feature familiar tunes that have stood the test of time starting with flautist Edgardo Silangcruz performing What a Wonderful World by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss that was popularized by Louis Armstrong. The duo of violinist Ma. Angelica Uson and trumpet player Glober Calambro will perform Pie Jesu from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Requiem.

Clarinetist Hernan Manalastas, trumpet player Edwin Matias, French horn player Ramon Alcantara, and contrabassist Arnel Jacinto team up for the Italian protest folk song Bella Ciao that was recently heard at the Netflix hit series Money Heist.

Lastly, violinist Ayesa Cruz and harpist Madeline Jane Banta pair up for a rendition of Moon River by Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer.

PPO, singer/songwriter Toto Sorioso collaborate in latest PPO Spotlight performance

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra presents the second installment of the PPO Spotlight: Virtual Pocket Performances streaming online starting on February 19, 2021, 8:00 PM at the various social media pages/channels of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and of the PPO.

The upcoming episode will feature an appearance by singer/songwriter Toto Sorioso playing the guitar with violinist Jose Carlo Tuazon in a performance of the Cyndi Lauper classic True Colors composed by Billy Steinberg.

Also included in the program are Stevie Wonder’s Lately to be played by trumpet player Melvin Miranda. Alan Menken’s Part of Your World from the Little Mermaid to be performed by violinist Ayesa Cruz and harpist Jane Banta.

The episode wraps up with Jose Mari Chan’s Hahanapin Ko interpreted by a string quartet composed of violinists Christian Tan and Ma. Angelica Uson, violist Ferdinand Dumlao, and cellist Herrick Ortiz.