June 18, 2016, 8:00 PM
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
Carnegie Hall
57th Street and Seventh Avenue, New York, NY
Featuring:
Cecile Licad, piano
Diomedes Saraza Jr., violin
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra
Olivier Ochanine, conductor
Programme:
Dmitri Shostakovich
Festive Overture in A major, Op. 96
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Redentor Romero
Philippine Portraits
In the 33 years that the
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra has been in existence, it is quite remarkable
to find out that the country’s leading orchestra has never performed in US
soil. But come June 18, 2016, all that will change as the PPO makes its US
debut at the Carnegie Hall nonetheless. Leading the orchestra in this historic
concert is Olivier Ochanine, the PPO’s former music director/principal conductor,
who has worked for more than three years to make this project come to fruition.
The evening boasts a formidable
program including two major concertos that will feature pianist Cecile Licad
and violinist Diomedes Saraza Jr., two of the Philippines’ top caliber artists.
Licad will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano
Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 while Saraza will tackle Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47.
Other pieces to be performed are Dmitri Shostakovich’s Festive Overture in A major, Op. 96 and Redentor Romero’s Philippine Portraits.
Licad has performed the Rach 2
with the PPO and Ochanine earlier this year at the Cultural Center of the Philippines
Main Theater that also saw her perform Tchaik 1 at the same concert. Saraza, on
the other hand, had his solo violin concert with pianist Greg Zuniega at the
CCP Little Theater just a few weeks prior to that of Licad’s concert.
The PPO’s Carnegie Hall concert/US
debut is made possible with the support of Philippine Airlines (the official
carrier of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra), Smart Infinity, Rustan’s
Commercial Corporation, One Meralco Foundation, with the support of PLDT Smart
Foundation, Federal Land, Inc., and Metrobank Card Corporation.
Proceeds from the concert will go
to a housing project of the Philippine Disaster Relief Corporation, Inc. in
Tacloban for typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) victims.
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For inquiries:
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