Timeless Classics, New Beginnings: PPO’s 34th Concert Season Schedule

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s (PPO) 34^th season has begun! 8 months, 8 concerts, each as captivating as the last. This year, the PPO is “dialing back” on the pieces and going back to classics in an effort to become one of the best orchestras in Asia under the baton of Maestro Yoshikazu Fukumura, PPO’s new music director.

Want to catch PPO at their best? Then mark your calendars and book your tickets for the remaining 6 concerts by the PPO, all happening at 8:00 pm at the CCP Main Theater:

Concert III

November 11, Eduardo Fernandez on guitar

Conductor: Yoshikazu Fukumura

Highlights: M. De Falla’s El Amor Brujo, intermezzo from E. Granado’s Goyescas and G. Gimenez’ La Boda de Luis Alonzo

Concert IV

December 16, Adolfo Mendoza on bassoon

Conductor: Herminigildo Ranera

Highlights: A. Buenaventura’s Concert for Bassoon and Orchestra in F Minor op. 87, P.I. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Concert V

January 20, Diomedes Saraza, Jr. on violin

Conductor: Yoshikazu Fukumura

Highlights: W.A. Mozart’s Symphony No. 28 in C, F. Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto

Concert VI

February 17

Conductor: Olivier Ochanine

Pieces: P.I. Tchaikovsky’s March Slave, J. Haydn’s Symphony No. 88 in G, and D. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10

Concert VII

March 17, Renato Lucas on cello

Conductor: Yoshikazu Fukumura

Highlight: F. Mendelssohn’s A Mid Summer Night’s Dream Suite (Overture, Scherzo, Notturno, Wedding March)

Concert VIII (closing)

April 21, Monique Duphil on piano

Conductor: Yoshikazu Fukumura

Highlights: G. Greshwin’s Girl Crazy and Piano Concerto in F, Arturo Marque’s Danzon No. 2 and El Conga del Fuego

Catch the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s 34^th Concert Season at the CCP Main Theater, CCP Main Building, CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. Get your tickets from the CCP Box Office or call CCP Sales and Promotions at 02-832-1125 loc. 1806 or visit www.culturalcenter.gov.ph.

Ticket prices are as follows:

• Orchestra Center – P1,500
• Orchestra Side – P1,200
• Extreme Orchestra Side – P800
• Balcony | Center – P500

Details:

Timeless Classics, New Beginnings: Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s 34^th Concert Season

November 11 and December 16, 2016; January 20, February 17, March 17, and April 21, 2017; all dates at 8:00 pm

CCP Main Theater

CCP Main Building, CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City

Tickets: 02-832-3704 (CCP Box Office), 02-832-1125 loc. 1806 (CCP Sales and Promotions)