A major piano and cello event promises to take place on October 10 (next Sunday) 7:30 p.m. at the Philamlife Theater wih the first Manila team-up of Chinese-born Australian cellist Li-Wei Qin and Filipino pianist Albert Tiu in an evening of Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninoff sonatas.
Li-Wei is a silver medalist in the 11th Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and a first prize winner of the Naumburg Competition in New York while Cebu-born Albert Tiu is a first prize winner in the UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa and a laureate of international piano competitions in Calgary, Santander and Helsinski. (Li Wei is the next season soloist of the Berlin Philharmonic to replace an ailing Misha Maisky.)
A product of the Juilliard School where he was honed by pianist Jerome Lowenthal, Tiu is also recipient of the 1998 Juilliard William Petscheck Award that led to an acclaimed recital at the Lincoln Center’s AliceTully Hall.
Another classic test of Tiu’s brilliant feast as a chamber musician is the release of the recent album “Beethoven: The Sonatas for Piano and Cello” where he shares equal billing with Li-Wei in what sounds like a breath-taking interpretation of the German master’s sonatas.
Lei Wi and Tiu will be heard in Manila together for the first time in a concert called Duo Concertante which is part of the Manila Chamber Orchestra Foundation’s Great Performance Series in celebration of its 25th anniversary.
Their October 10 program includes Beethoven’s Variation for cello and piano on the theme of Mozart’s Magic flute “Ein Medchen ohder vaibchen”; Chopin’s Sonata in G minor for piano and cello op. 65 and Rachmaninoff’s Sonata in G minor for piano and cello op. 19.
Tickets to the Oct. 10 concert at P1000, P800 and P500. Call telephone no. 7484152 or 09065104270.
Captions: Pianist Albert Tiu, cellist Li-Wei Qin and the cover of their latest CD: The Beethoven Sonatas to be launched October 9 by MCA Records at the Podium
Culture ba ang pag-uusapan natin?
In an article a few days ago, The Inquirer wrote about a bunch of white boys and girls singing Paru-Parong Bukid. I searched it, and found two versions. My preferred one is by a bunch of music majors from Missouri State University:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN0NnUqN11g
Magaling con todo sayaw.
There is another version, by, this time, high school kids from Indiana. I salute the conductor here, because these are not music majors, and therefore, more difficult to teach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXSWB7sVk-U
Then there is Ikaw, by the Ateneo College Glee Club with the Czech Choir from Pardubice (regional city, para bagang Tacloban).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8KBS23j8dI&feature=related
Hindi lang naman mga Tagalog ang tataba ang puso. There are two versions of Rosas Pandan. The better (to me) version is by the San Francisco State University Chamber Singers, found here:
www(dot)youtube.com/watch?v=dO–mXsEyS0&feature=related
But equally heartwarming is the version of these high school students from Edison, New Jersey (home of many Hindu_Americans). Note the multi-cultural student body. Ang daming Chino at Koreano.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crYhdBl8EV4&feature=related
Akala niyo Kano lang ang marunong mag-Bisaya?
Here is the Nizhny-Novgord State University Choir doing Rosas Pandan in the World Choir Games, where they won Gold and Silver medals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THsEEHNsCGI&feature=related
Mayroon na silang CDs, kasama ang Rosas Pandan. Check out the Seconda Vita (number 4).
Para naman sa blog owner and rose from New Jersey. Here is a choir from Alabama doing Dandansoy.
It starts at 1:35.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86_H4v4acjc
Thanks, SnV. There’s nothing like good music to soothe frayed nerves and feed the soul.
Looks like Rosas Pandan is a popular piece; perhaps for the lively melody, and the challenge, as far as vocal harmony. It was performed twice in the World Choir Games, once, by the Russians above, and again, by the compatriots of the Terminator (Austrian), in the quartet category.:
www(dot)youtube.com/watch?v=0bwzj2Cp2EQ
Looks like Rosas Pandan is a popular piece; perhaps for the lively melody, and the challenge, as far as vocal harmony. It was performed twice in the World Choir Games, once, by the Russians above, and again, by the compatriots of the Terminator (Austrian), in the quartet category.:
youtube.com/watch?v=0bwzj2Cp2EQ
Mukhang masyadong agresibo yang spam killer Ellen. So all posters should now remove the three w’s of any link.
Thanks for the links, SnV.
It’s interesting to hear non-Filipinos sing those Philippine folk songs. But I still think they are best sang by Filipinos. I miss the lilting melody.
a number of Filipino songs are nostalgic and sad…e.g Ay ay kalisud, Waay Angay, etc. and the words are so deep in meaaning and difficult to translate in English…how would you translate …”ang naga-agay ko nga luha”? and from Dandansoy..bayaan ta ikaw..pananglit ikaw ay uhawan..sa dalan magbubonbubon”? and the naughty words from Carinosa..Tatay Meroy carinosa..ihaw ako manok imo paa, hindi gani yawan imo tul-an? Ellen: I agree with you…they are best sang by Filipinos…and those who would know the local dialect….