Spanish conductor leads February PPO concert series

Continuing its 35th concert season, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra held its sixth concert on February 16 at Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater) of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).

Dubbed “Romancing the Classics,” the resident orchestra company of the CCP performed Bedrich Smetana’s Die Moldau (Vltava) No. 2 from “Má vlast (My Country)” and Manuel De Falla’s Interlude and Spanish Dance from “La Vida Breve,” and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. Op. 47.