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Concert 1: Concertmaster in Focus: Beethoven & Showcase

Diomedes Saraza Jr., violin |Mariel Illusorio, piano | Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra | Jeffery Solares, conductor
February 21 (Thursday, 6:30 p.m.) Ayala Museum, Makati

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Concert 2: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Alessio Benvenuti, violin/ conductor | Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra
March 14 (Thursday, 6:30 p.m.) Ayala Museum, Makati

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Concert 3: Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue

Noli Aurillo, guitar | Manila Symphony Orchestra | Jeffrey Solares, conductor
April 26 (Friday, 6:30 p.m.) Ayala Museum, Makati

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Concert 4: Video Game Symphonic

Manila Symphony Orchestra | Jeffrey Solares, conductor
May 9 (Thursday, 6:30 p.m.) Ayala Museum, Makati

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The Music of Ryan Cayabyab

Ateneo Chamber Singers |Prof. Jonathan Velasco, conductor
June 9, 2019 (Sunday, 6 p.m.) Arete, Ateneo De Manila University
The MSO opens our Season with a tribute to the music of our newly appointed National Artist for Music Maestro Ryan Cayabyab. At home in both the classical and popular music alike, Maestro Cayabyab’s prodigious creativity is manifest in his numerous choral and orchestral output, which will be interpreted for us by the MSO under the baton of Guest Conductor Prof. Jonathan Velasco together with the Ateneo Chamber Singers.

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Choral and Orchestral Works of Ryan Cayabyab
Ateneo Chamber Singers
Jonathan Velasco, conductor

Sunday June 9, 2019 at 6PM
Hyundai Hall, Arete, Ateneo De Manila, Quezon City

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Double Concerto

Matias Oliveira Pinto, cello | Andion Fernandez-Ching, soprano | Prof. Marlon Chen, conductor
Sept. 1 (Sunday, 6 p.m.) Power Mac Center , Circuit Makati
The earthy baritone voice of the cello mixes it up with the golden timbre of the soprano voice as two Berlin-based artists cellist Matias Oliveira Pinto (cello) and Andion Fernandez-Ching (soprano) performs for the first time in Manila Jeffrey Ching’s ritualistic new work. The audience will also be treated to further appreciate the cello’s agility and expressivenes in Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C-major.

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Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major
Ching: Celestial-Infernal Grand Nuptial Rite
(ONE MORE PIECE TBA)

Matias Oliveira-Pinto, cello
Andion Fernandez Ching, soprano
Marlon Chen, conductor

Sunday Sept 1, 2019 at 6PM
Powermac Center Spotlight, Circuit, Makati City

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Sibelius and Beethoven 5th

Jeanne Rafaella Marquez, violin | Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
October 6 (Sunday, 6 p.m.) Arete, Ateneo De Manila University
The MSO Foundation’s faith and belief the young talent is highlighted in the program featuring 15-year old violinist Jeanne Rafaella Marquez, first prize winner in the 2018 National Music Competitions for young Artists (NAMCYA) as she performs the holy grail of all violin concertos- Sibelius’ D-minor. Finnish-Filipino conducting prodigy Tarmo Peltokoski, a protege of the legendary Finnish conducting legend Jorma Panula, will have his Philippine debut as he leads as he leads the MSO in this program that will also feature Beethoven’s most popular Symphony, his Fifth in C-minor.

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Sibelius: Lemminkainen’s Return, Op. 22/4
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in C-minor

Jeanne Rafaela Marquez, violin
Tarmo Peltokostki, conductor

Sunday October 6, 2019 at 6PM
Hyundai Hall, Arete, Ateneo De Manila, Quezon City

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Darrell Ang and Diomedes Saraza Jr.

Darrell Ang, conductor | Diomedes Saraza jr. violin solo
Nov. 16 (Saturday, 8 p.m.) Meralco Theatre
International conducting superstar Darrell Ang returns to MSO as he teams up with MSO’s Concertmaster, Juilliard-trained violinist Diomedes Saraza Jr. Together they will premiere in the Philippines the Violin Concerto in E-minor by Jules Conus,a rarely performed gem of Russian Romantic violin literature. Saraza as concertmaster will also be highlighted in Rimsky-Korsakov’s colourful orchestral masterwork, the Scheherazade that will bring into focus MSO's virtuoso status as an orchestra.

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Conus: Violin Concerto in E-Minor
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Diomedes Saraza Jr., concertmaster and solo violin
Darrell Ang, conductor

Saturday November 16, 2019 at 8PM
Meralco Theater, Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City

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Concerto de Aranjuez and Shostakovich

Jacob Cordover, guitar | Marlon Chen, conductor
Feb. 5, 2020 (Wednesday, 8 p.m.) Cultural Center of the Philippine
The most popular concerto for the guitar, Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Concerto de Aranjuez” will be performed Spanish guitar virtuoso Jacob Cordover with the MSO who, under the baton of principal guest conductor Marlon Chen, will close the season with a performance the monumental Symphony No. 5 by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

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Rodrigo: Concerto de Aranuez
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5

Jacob Cordover, guitar
Marlon Chen, conductor

Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 8PM
The Cultural Center of the Philippines, Main Theater

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