PHILIPPINE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA “FORTE” – PPO 40th Concert Season

PRESENTED BY:

The Cultural Center of the Philippines

DATE/TIME/VENUE:

September 2024 – April 2025 | 7:30 PM

CCP @ Samsung Performing Arts Theater

DESCRIPTION:

The Cultural Center of the Philippines proudly presents the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) in FORTE, the 40th Concert Season of the country’s leading orchestra. Celebrating four decades of musical excellence, this landmark season highlights a dynamic program featuring both classical masterpieces and newly commissioned works. Running from September 2024 to April 2025, FORTE will showcase a distinguished roster of international and Filipino soloists, all under the baton of Maestro Grzegorz Nowak, the PPO’s Music Director and Principal Conductor. This milestone celebration promises a memorable and uplifting classical music experience for all music lovers.

 TICKET INFORMATION:

Section	Ticket Price (Retail)	Subscription Rates
		7 Concerts (40% Discount)	4 Concerts (25% Discount)
Orchestra Center	Php 3,000	Php 12,600	Php 9,000
Orchestra Sides	Php 2,500	Php 10,500	Php 7,500
Loge Center	Php 2,000	Php 8,400	Php 6,000
Loge Sides	Php 1,500	Php 6,300	Php 4,500
Balcony (for Junior Subscribers)		Php 1,500	Php 1,000

 Discounts:

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

Subscription:

Fill out the [subscription form (link)] and email to salesandpromotions@culturalcenter.gov.ph.

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• Call the CCP Box Office at + 63 931 033 0880 or email

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ABOUT THE PHILIPPINE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA:

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra is the country’s leading orchestra. It was established in 1973 as the CCP Philharmonic Orchestra, which was originally intended to accompany performing artists at the CCP Main Theater. In 1979, it was reorganized through the efforts of former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos together with Maestro Oscar C.  Yatco. The PPO has since collaborated with renowned Filipino and foreign artists either as soloists or conductors. It continues to promote music appreciation among Filipinos through its regional outreach concerts and workshops. The PPO is now 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 is a highly-esteemed Permanent 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.

  

PPO 40^th SEASON REPERTOIRE:

CONCERT I –  FIESTA!

September 27, 2024 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Jeffrey Ching              Fiesta Contrapuntistica

(40^th PPO Concert Season Composer-in-Residence)

Max Bruch                  Violin Concerto no.1, op.26, G minor

Shlomo Mintz, violin

Richard Strauss          Ein Heldenleben, op.40

 

CONCERT II – TRIUMPH

Novermber 15, 2024 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov        Capriccio Espagnol, op.34

Edward Elgar                          Cello Concerto, op.85, E minor

Sara Sant’ Ambrogio, cello

Robert Schumann                  Symphony no. 2, op.61, C Major

 

CONCERT III – FANTASY

December 6, 2024 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Gioacchino Rossini                 William  Tell Overture

Jean Sibelius                          Violin Concerto op.47, D minor

Diomedes Sazara Jr, violin

(40^th PPO Concert Season Concertmaster,

Artist-in-Residence)

Peter Illich Tchaikovsky          Symphony no. 5

 

CONCERT IV – EUROPA

January 17, 2025 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Zoltán Kodály                         Dances of Galanta

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky           Violin Concerto No. 1

David Radzynski, violin

Antonin Dvořák                       Symphony no. 8, op.88, G Major

 

CONCERT V – HOPE

February 14, 2025 | 7:30 PM | Metropolitan Theater

Wings of Hope: Warsaw-Manila Peace Tribute

Visuals by Adam Ustynowicz

Richard Addinsell       Warsaw Concerto

Konrad Binienda, piano

Andrzej  Panufnik       Heroic Overture

Andrzej  Panufnik       Tragic Overture

Roxanna Panufnik      Wings of Hope (commissioned work)

Frederic Chopin          Allegro de concert (orch. Konrad Binienda)

Konrad  Binienda, piano

Henryk Górecki           Symphony of Sorrowful Songs,

Małgorzata Trojanowska, soprano

CONCERT VI –  HOMECOMING

March 14, 2025 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis     Miške (In The Forest)

(Lithuanian composer’s 150th

Anniversary)

Franz Liszt                              Totentanz

Rowena Arrieta, piano

Johannes  Brahms                  Symphony no. 4, op. 98, E minor

 

CONCERT VII – FINALE

April 11, 2025 | 7:30 PM | Samsung Performing Arts Theater

Jeffrey Ching              Commissioned Work

Dmitri Shostakovich   Violin Concerto no.1

Andrea Obiso, violin

Witold Lutoslawski           Concerto for Orchestra

Witold Lutoslawski    Concerto for Orchestra

NOTE: Dates and venue are subject to change.