PHILIPPINE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA “SWITCH” – PPO 39th Concert Season

PRESENTED BY:

The Cultural Center of the Philippines 

DATE/ TIME/ VENUE:

September 2023 to April 2024 | 7:30 PM

CCP @ the Samsung Performing Arts Theater

DESCRIPTION:

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO), the country’s premier orchestra, returns to the concert hall for live performances on its 39th season. With the theme “Switch,” the series of season concerts sets the stage for its new Music Director and Principal Conductor, Maestro Grzegorz Nowak; a much-sought-after conductor with a long career in opera and concerts. Maestro Nowak first performed with the PPO last year in the second concert of the PPO’s previous season at the CCP Main Theater.

The PPO also ‘switches’ venues as it moves to its temporary home at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater, while the CCP is undergoing rehabilitation.  PPO’s 39th Concert Season will showcase an outstanding roster of international guest soloists and renowned Filipino artists that promise a delightful and uplifting classical music experience.

TICKET INFORMATION:

 Discounts:

50% for Students

20% for Senior Citizens, PWD, Government and Military Personnel, and Athletes

For ticket inquiries, group discounts, and subscriptions:

• Call the CCP Box Office at + 63 931 033 0880 or email salesandpromotions@culturalcenter.gov.ph.
• Call TicketWorld at 09175506997 (Globe) / 09999545922 (Smart), or visit https://premier.ticketworld.com.ph/

ABOUT THE PHILIPPINE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA:

 The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra is the country’s leading orchestra and considered as one of the top musical ensembles in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1973 primarily as the CCP Philharmonic Orchestra, it was intended to be the Center’s premier resident company that features both national and international repertoire in its performances. It was later on regrouped through the efforts of former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos together with then Maestro Oscar C.  Yatco.  The PPO has collaborated and continues to work with renowned Filipino and foreign artists either as soloists or as  conductors.  The PPO continues to promote music appreciation to Filipinos through its outreach concerts and workshops to the different regions of the archipelago. The PPO is headed by its new Music Director and Principal Conductor, Maestro Grzegorz Nowak.

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR:

GRZEGORZ NOWAK

Music Director and Principal Conductor

Polish conductor Grzegorz Nowak is the new Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. A much-sought-after conductor with a long career in opera and concerts, Maestro Nowak was a highly-esteemed principal associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. He was the music director of the Polish National Opera in Warsaw, Poland, from 2017 to 2020, and other orchestras in Poland, Germany, Switzerland, and the USA. For years, he was able to record orchestral music in over 80 CDs that have received awards and 5-star ratings.

Grzegorz Nowak’s career propelled to international level after he won various prestigious awards and prizes. He has performed alongside many of the most widely respected soloists of our time, including Martha Argerich, Yefim Bronfman, Nigel Kennedy, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Gil Shaham and Krystian Zimerman, and has worked with such singers as Janet Baker, Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne, Gwyneth Jones, Sherrill Milnes and Anja Silja.

“SWITCH” – THE PPO’S 39^th CONCERT SEASON PROGRAM

 CONCERT I – “ROMAN CARNIVAL”

September 15, 2023 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Hector Berlioz –  Roman Carnival

Edvard Grieg – Piano Concerto, op. 16, A minor

Ottorino Respighi – Pini di Roma

Mark Bebbington, piano

Grzegorz Nowak, conductor

CONCERT II – “ITALIAN NIGHT”

October 13, 2023 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Antonin  Dvořák –  Cello Concerto

Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony no. 4, op.90, A major (“Italian”)

 Wen-Sinn Yang, cello

Grzegorz Nowak, conductor

CONCERT III – “RUSSIAN MASTERS”

November 17, 2023 |  7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto no. 2, op.18, C minor

Serge Prokofiev – Romeo & Juliet (selections)

 Grzegorz Nowak, conductor

CONCERT IV – “ODE TO JOY”

December 8, 2023 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto no. 21, K 467, C major

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony  no. 9, op.125, D minor

 Grzegorz Nowak, conductor

 CONCERT V – “FATE”

January 12, 2024 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 15, D minor

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky – Symphony  no. 4, op.36, F minor

 Grzegorz Nowak, conductor

CONCERT VI – “BEETHOVEN AND BRAHMS”

February 9, 2024 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Stanislaw Moniuszko – The Fairy Tale Overture

Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto no. 4, op.58, G major

Johannes Brahms – Symphony no. 2, op. 73, D major

 Grzegorz Nowak, conductor

 CONCERT VII – “DON PASQUALE”

March 8, 2024 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Gaetano Donizetti – Don Pasquale

(semi-staged opera performance)

Grzegorz Nowak, conductor

 CONCERT VIII – “FETE FRANCAISE”

April 19,2024 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Camille Saint-Saëns – Introduction &  rondo capriccioso, op. 28

Maurice Ravel – Daphnis & Chloé, Suites 1 & 2

Grzegorz Nowak, conductor

 *The PPO Management reserves the right to make changes in the repertoire and featured artists as may be necessary.