FILharmoniKa, under the baton of Gerard Salonga, played Filipino classical music last June 21, 2008 at the Insular Life Auditorium in Alabang. Works by Antonio Buenaventura, Angel Pena, and Lucio San Pedro were performed. These pics were taken from my friend Adjeng Sarmiento-Buenaventura's site. (We kept wondering if her husband Rodrin was related to the composer, he he).
















Adjeng, Rodrin, Dex and me...








Ardie de Guzman (guitarist), Adjeng, and Rodrin...







FIlharmoniKa...













I played in one piece, Angel Pena's Peace Beyond. The piano is on the far right side of the stage, so I'm not visible from where Adjeng is taking pics...




The one and only Tots Tolentino, special guest soloist.








More FILharmoniKa.













Not in pictures, but Regina Buenaventura was also featured as a soloist on "Meditation" (composed by her grandfather Col. Antonio Buenaventura) and "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan" (music by Lucio San Pedro). She was fabulous!

Recordings of these composers' works are available here at the Musika Natin website... The purchase details for Col. Antonio Buenaventura's CD, "Heritage", isn't there yet but this is available in leading record bars.


Angel Pena's UGNAYAN


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Lucio San Pedro's LAHING KAYUMANGGI
(I wrote the blurbs on the music, on that particular page, namely the info on Lahing Kayumanggi, Buan Sa Kabundukan, and Sa Dalampasigan.. I am not an expert, okay, so that was for general consumption. Finally, all those years writing concert reviews for Music Literature class paid off)

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Col. Antonio Buenaventura's HERITAGE

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