The PPO’s Christmas concert
CELEBRATE the Yuletide season with a concert by the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) on Dec. 20, 8 p.m., at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Guest soloists are percussionist Aimee De la Cruz, child soprano Alexa Kaufman, and clarinetist Franz Jensen Andra. Maestro Herminigildo Ranera leads the PPO. The evening’s program includes two works by Samuel Barber (Adagio for Strings and Die Natali op.36), Carl Maria von Weber’s Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra, op.26, Cesar Franck’s Panis Angelicus, Felipe De Leon’s “Payapang Daigdig”, Pietro Yon’s “Gesu Bambino,” Darius Milhaud’s Concerto for Percussion and Small Orchestra, and Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien op.45. Ticket prices range from P400 to P1,500 with discounts available to students, senior citizens and groups. For inquiries, call the CCP Box Office at 8832-3704.
Four exhibits at West Gallery
THE West Gallery will be opening four exhibits tonight at 6 p.m., The shows, which run until Jan. 4, are: To Scale, featuring works by Francis Bejar, Gino Bueza, Don Dalmacio, Neil DC, Nicole Tee, and Marija Vicente; Isabel Santos’ Yes, but Bigger; Carina Santos’ Here as Elsewhere; and Soler Santos’ Raw Material. The gallery is at 48 West Ave., Quezon City. For details call 3411-0336.
BenCab Museum’s last 2019 show
THE BenCab Museum in Baguio caps the year with RE:VIEW 2019, a group exhibition by 45 artists, including young emerging painters and established artists, working in diverse styles from figurative to non-figurative, and showing a wide range of subject matter and techniques. The exhibit will open at the museum’s Gallery Indigo on Dec. 7, and it will be on view until Feb. 2. The massive group show includes works by Antipas Delotavo, Azor Pazcoguin, BenCab, Charlie Co, Elmer Borlongan, Imelda Cajipe Endaya, Justin Nuyda, Kawayan de Guia, Leonard Aguinaldo, Lynyrd Paras, Mark Justiniani, Nona Garcia, Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi, Plet Bolipata, Renato Habulan, Virgilio Almario, Winner Jumalon, and Yeo Kaa, among many others. The museum is located at 6 Asin Road, Tuba, Metro Baguio.
Experimental 360 Lens exhibit
THE Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) closes off the decade with a new media exhibition by Gericho Iniel Cruz. The exhibit, #AngAlamatNgMalikhaingKonsyumer or Ang Alamat ng Malikhaing Konsyumer, opens on Dec. 5, 6 p.m., at the CCP’s Pasilyo Vicente Manansala (2F Hallway Gallery). This three-part show presents 360 degree videos of different aspects of, or “spectacles” at the CCP. Viewers can experience the physical exhibits through a virtual tour using a Google cardboard virtual reality device placed on three church pews at the exhibition area. This is the first time that Cruz will exhibit his work at the CCP, and he conceptualized it to support the ongoing 50th anniversary celebration of the Center. The exhibit will run until Jan. 19. For details, contact the Visual Arts and Museum Division, Production and Exhibition Department at 8832-1125 loc. 1504/1505 and (632) 8832-3702, mobile 0917-6033-809, or e-mail ccp.exhibits@gmail.com.
Ballet Philippines book out
Ballet Philippines marked its 50th anniversary with the launch of the coffee table book, Alice Reyes & Ballet Philippines: A 50-Year Legacy in Dance, a celebration of the ballet company’s rich history and influence on Filipino culture through dance. The book, published under ABS-CBN Books, casts a spotlight upon National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes, who founded Ballet Philippines and is now back as its artistic director. It features seven personal essays that trace Reyes’ legacy. It also chronicles the ballet company with photographs of shows that have been produced since it started out as a summer dance workshop at the Cultural Center of the Philippines five decades ago. It also pays tribute to the ballet company’s former artistic directors. The book will be available soon in leading bookstores. For updates, follow @abscbnpr on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or visit www.abs-cbn.com/newsroom.
