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October 7-13, 2007 |
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Las Piņas Boys
Choir: From Asia to Europe
By Carmencita H. Acosta
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The Center
Stage at SM Mall of Asia will resound with great
music on October 13 starting at 8 pm as the Las
Piņas Boys Choir performs with vim and vigor
songs by celebrated composers, both local and
foreign, classical and pop, to the accompaniment
of a grand piano.
The announcement comes from Rev. Benjamin Molina, Jr., assistant director
of St. Joseph’s Academy in Las Piņas City where
the Boys Choir is based.
As if to remind the audience that Christmas is fast approaching, the very
talented boys of the choir will also perform
Benjamin Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols.”
Philippine folk songs are included in the
evening’s repertoire. Conductor is Professor
Armando Salarza, himself a member of the Las
Piņas Boys Choir during his childhood.
The World Choir Games to be held in Graz, Austria on July 9 to 19, 2008
will have the Las Piņas Boys Choir as the
official representatives of the Philippines. A
concert tour in Vienna and Rome is likewise
included in the group’s itinerary.
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The founder of the Las Piņas Boys Choir
is Leo Renier, a Belgian. A boys choir
singer since he was in grade 3 in his
hometown of Hasselt, Renier studied
organ and music history in the Hasselt
Conservatory. He arrived in the
Philippines in 1969 and formed the Las
Piņas Boys Choir in St. Joseph parish.
He also initiated the International Bamboo
Organ Festival and became its first
artistic director. |
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Renier with
conductor Armando Salarza |
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For details or ticket
reservations, call up St. Joseph’s
Academy, (02) 820-5454 extension 121. |
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Leo
Renier with some of the members of the
Las Piņas Boys Choir |
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Toti
Fuentes, Anna Fegi Team Up
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After more than a year away to
undergo medical treatment for cancer,
international musician Toti Fuentes is
back in the Philippines and teams up in
a production with popular singer Anna
Fegi who herself was away in Hong Kong
portraying the role of Nala in “The Lion
King.” |
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Together, Toti Fuentes and Anna Fegi
celebrate life in a show entitled
“Perfect Pair” presented by Merks
Bistroat Greenbelt 3 on October 27,
November 8, 10 and 15 starting at 9 pm.
For details, call up 721-0801,
757-4720/1 or 0917-8991835. |
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Alliance
Francaise de Manille presents
“Time Out Trio” with Geraldine
Laurent, saxophonist; Laurent
Bataille, drummer; and Yovi
Zelnik, cellist at the
Philamlife Theater on October
10, eight o’clock in the
evening. For details, call up
895-7585. |
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Movies
Galore in Spanish
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The
Spanish Film Festival being
presented by the Instituto Cervantes is
on its second and final week at
Greenbelt 3. The films (with English
subtitles) shown last week will again be
screened, giving everyone the
opportunity to view any of the 17
featured movies. And at one-half the
regular price!
Of special interest to scholars and historians is the 1945 film “Los
Ultimos de Filipinas, 1898” (The Last in
the Philippines, 1898) based on the
story of the last Spanish soldiers in
the Philippines as the final chapter of
Spanish colonial rule in the country
comes to a close. Screening for this
particular film is on October 8 at 7 pm.
Children will enjoy the animated film “De Profundis” (From the Sea)
showing on October 13 at 2 pm, while
music lovers will go for “Habana Blues”
showing on October 9 at 7 pm.
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Director
Jose Rodriguez of Instituto
Cervantes says that the film
festival brings “an
extraordinary selection of
Spanish and Latin American
movies, from the latest films of
contemporary directors to old
classics and short
documentaries.” For titles of
movies and synopsis, and
screening schedules call up
526-1482 to 85, local 4 or log
on to www.manila.cervantes.es |
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Vida de los Hadas” (The
life of the Faries) |
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“Los
Ultimos de Filipinas” |
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“Tu Vida
en 65” (Your Life in ‘65) |
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