Christmas is synonymous with music
– with carols, villancicos, nativity songs both
in English and Tagalog which are being aired
intermittently these days over radio and television.
Hotels, private homes and other venues
contribute to the sounds of Christmas music, and if you
were to assiduously attend every program and concert,
you could be spending Christmas Eve in bed.
Tomorrow afternoon, Nena R. Villanueva will play
a few major works upon invitation of Dr. Meding Suntay
who is inaugurating her nth house in Makati. Nena, our
first international concertist, recently arrived from
Tokyo where she played Préludes by Chopin and
Rachmaninoff at a dinner Ambassador and Mrs. Domingo
Siazon hosted for Japanese royalty.
The
Christmas cornucopia includes Awit, Pag-ibig,
Papuri which will feature operatic singer Gamy Viray
along with pop singers Dulce, Freddie Aguilar, Isay
Alvarez, Pinky Marquez, Bimbo Cerrudo and the UP Vocal
Ensemble in praise-the-Lord songs composed by the
prolific Mrs. Lourdes "Bing" Pimentel. Chinggoy Alonso
directs the show set for Dec. 11 at Camp Aguinaldo (8
p.m.)
Also on Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. the idealistic
impresario Martin L. Lopez will present a FREE Christmas
gift concert at the Philamlife auditorium with the
audience listening to the UP Med Choir and the Hiraya
All Men’s Chorus. The concert, open to all, will benefit
Ang Arko Foundation (for the mentally retarded), the
Basilan children (in dire need of food, clothes, books),
and the Divine Mercy Mobile Center of Music and Arts
Therapy (for the disabled).
It is earnestly
hoped that the audience will generously respond. Checks
to any of the foundations will be gratefully received.
The Clarion Chamber Ensemble concert on Dec. 15
at F. Santiago Hall – it starts at 6 p.m. – will end
with a sing-along of Christmas carols after Haydn’s
String Quartet, Brahm’s Sonata for
clarinet and piano rendered by co-founder-pianist Hyun
Joo Lee and PPO principal clarinetist Ariel Sta. Ana,
Schubert’s Quartet in D Major with UST
Professor-guitarist Alvin Salenga, founder-flutist David
Johnson, principal cellist Renato Lucas and guest
violinist Donald Kidd. The audience sing-along will be
led by DZFE’s Bert Robledo.
On Dec. 16 (Monday)
6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Mandarin Oriental will present at the
Captain’s Bar tenor Nelson Caruncho and soprano Alegria
Ferrer.
The following item came late: On Dec.
10, the young, highly talented pianist Jonathan Coo will
give a concert at the UST Conservatory Recital Hall
which will be highlighted by Grieg’s Concerto in A
Minor, with Najib Ismail on the second piano. Other
numbers: Beethoven’s Les Adieux Sonata, Chopin’s
Scherzo No. 2, Mendelssohn’s Rondo
capriccioso and Debussy’s Reflections in the
Water.
Spilling from the Christmas
cornucopia is the gladsome tidings that the UST Singers
under Fidel Calalang won the hearts of Fil-Americans and
music lovers in Wisconsin’s newlybuilt Sharon Lynde
Wilson Performing Arts Hall. The choir sang with equal
success at the St. John Catholic Cathedral in Milwaukee.
Art
lovers may view by appointment "Paintings for a Cause"
at the Makati residence of Dutch Ambassador Theo and
Kessara Arnold. The collection consists of European
masterpieces and tulips by Mr. Arnold. This Sunday, it
will be on display from 2 to 5 p.m.
It took Mr.
Arnold three years to paint his tulips. Because he did
them only after office hours, each tulip took 50 hours
to finish! Proceeds go to Kessara’s favorite charities,
primarily Fr. Giovanney’s San Pablo the Apostle Parish
in Tondo.
A German retrospective entitled The
Philippines ca. 1600-1900 is ongoing at the Lobby
Art Café of the Intercon under the auspices of the
Gallery of Prints. On view until Dec. 16 are old
illustrations on the Philippines created, executed, or
published by German explorers, artists and publishers.
Lithographies of nineteenth-century Mexico are
on view at Ayala Museum until Dec. 31.
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