{"id":10924,"date":"2016-12-15T17:02:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T09:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=10924"},"modified":"2016-12-15T19:04:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T11:04:19","slug":"manila-symphony-orchestra-performs-beethovens-9th-symphony-for-season-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/12\/15\/manila-symphony-orchestra-performs-beethovens-9th-symphony-for-season-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Manila Symphony Orchestra performs Beethoven\u2019s 9th Symphony for season finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As one of Asia\u2019s oldest symphony orchestras, the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) performed live as they celebrated their 90<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary and the 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary commemoration of diplomatic relations between Japan and Philippines in Meralco Theater on December 14.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10928\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/MSO-8_web.jpg\" alt=\"mso-8_web\" width=\"609\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>MANILA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Great vocal prowess in concert<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The said concert was attended by more than a thousand audiences who witnessed amazing performances. There were three Japanese guests who serenaded the crowd with beautiful music namely Hiroko Sato, a pianist; Tatsuya Higuchi, a tenor; and Yuichi Toyoshima, baritone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10926\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/MSO-1_web.jpg\" alt=\"mso-1_web\" width=\"609\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/MSO-1_web.jpg 700w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/MSO-1_web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The Japanese guests who perforned (L-R: Yuichi Toyoshima, Hiroko Sato, and Tatsuya Higuchi<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10929\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/MSO-9_web.jpg\" alt=\"mso-9_web\" width=\"609\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/MSO-9_web.jpg 700w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/MSO-9_web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Hiroko Sato on piano<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There were also powerful performances by Margarita Gianneli, a soprano, and Camille Lopez Molina, a mezzo soprano. To end the show, the MSO performed a local Christmas hit \u201cAng Pasko ay Sumapit\u201d which the audience truly enjoyed. The orchestra was led by Maestro Arturo Molina.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10927\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/MSO-3_web.jpg\" alt=\"mso-3_web\" width=\"609\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/MSO-3_web.jpg 700w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/MSO-3_web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Maestro Arturo Molina<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The event was made possible in partnership with Meralco Corporation and The Japan Foundation Manila.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As one of Asia\u2019s oldest symphony orchestras, the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) performed live as they celebrated their 90th anniversary and the 60th anniversary commemoration of diplomatic relations between Japan and Philippines in Meralco Theater on December 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1161,1461,1462,1463],"class_list":["post-10924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-concert","tag-manila-symphony-orchestra","tag-mso","tag-orchestra"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/12\/MSO-8_web-e1481792466815.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10924"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10938,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10924\/revisions\/10938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}