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By Rome Jorge
One hundred
and twenty string musicians, three philharmonic orchestras,
ballerinas and danseurs as well as a soprano and pianist all on
stage. Vivaldi played by a sea of rondallas. From Bach to Beatles to
Copeland’s “Hoe Down.” Violinist Coke Bolipata, cellist Renato
Lucas, French classical guitarist Thibault Cauvin and German
violinist Angelo Bard. All this for one night only. There are
literally more than a hundred reasons why you can’t afford to miss
Virtuoso Strings at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) on
March 9 at 8 p.m.
Virtuoso
Strings is the follow up to last year’s Virtuosos, A Wealth of
Piano Masters, also made possible by BNP Paribas, France’s leading
bank and staunch supporter of the arts with the support of Alliance
Fracaise de Manille, the Johann Strauss Society and Peninsula
Manila. Just as with last year’s concert, the event is for the
benefit of the CCP that truly deserves and needs our support not
only for maintaining its facilities for its resident companies such
as the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Ballet Philippines,
Tanghalang Pilipino, Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group and many others
but also for its effective outreach activities such as developing
community orchestras and art therapy for children traumatized by
conflict under its Arts for thee People Program. Generosity will be
rewarded with music on March 9. As CCP President Nestor Jardin
notes, “Music enables.” Feel the hands of a multitude of
geniuses pluck strum and stroke your heartstrings as you give life
to the CCP with your participation.
Featured
artists include the Metro Community String Orchestra, The University
of Santo Tomas Guitar Ensemble, Guitar Quartet and String Orchestra,
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Cainta Los Trobadores Rondalla,
pianist Mary Anne Espina, soprano Rachelle Grodias and Ballet
Philippines. Chino Toledo serves as conductor and musical director,
Chris Millado as stage director, Alden Lugnasin as choreographer,
Dennis Marasigan as lighting director and Ricardo Cruz as set
designer.
The repertoire
is rich, varied and intriguing, with songs that range span the
entire breadth of musical history around the world: the Catalan
“Songs of the Birds,” Willy Cruz’s “Sana’y Maghintay ang
Walang Hanggan,” Bartok’s “Romanian Folk Songs,”
Bellantini’s “Baiao de Gude,” Manore’s “Danza Paraguaya,”
Bach’s “Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins and Strings”
Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” Vivaldi’s “Spring from Four
Seasons [Allegro],” Villa-Lobos’s Aria from “Bachania
Brasileiras,” Domenconi’s “Koyunbaba [suit for guitar],”
Tedesco’s “Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra No. 1 in D Major
[Allegretto],” Buencamino’s “Pizzicato Caprice,”
Copeland’s “Hoe Down” and a Beatles medley arranged by
Josefino Toledo.
Tickets are
priced P3,000, P2,500, P1,000 and P500.
For
details, visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph call the CCP Marketing
Department at 832-3681, 832-1125 local 1800-1808 and CCP Box Office
at 832-3704. Tickets also available at Ticket World outlets at
National Bookstore and Tower Records at 891-9999.
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