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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Dec 8, 2015 1:53:07 GMT
Performing ABBA’s ‘Thank You for the Music,’ UST Christmas Concert ushers in joyful Yuletide season
By: Antonio C. Hila
@inquirerdotnet
Contributor
05:00 AM December 7th, 2015
THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas (UST) Christmas Concert has been held annually since 2003, and the gala concert has now become a veritable Christmas tradition, a cultural event that kicks off the festive Yuletide season.
The concert principally brings together talented musicians from the faculty, students and alumni of the UST Conservatory of Music. Guest performers both local and foreign are also featured.
The concert is not only an occasion for the UST Conservatory community to display its talents. It is also an opportunity for the general alumni and music lovers to get into the Christmas spirit through the magic of classical music and the bravura of the performing arts.
This year, the UST Christmas Concert unfolded again as a grand production last Dec. 3 at the university’s chapel, the Santissimo Rosario Church. The concert featured singers and composite choral groups.
Leading the performers were the UST Singers and, of course, the UST Symphony Orchestra under professor Herminigildo Ranera.
The concert was almost two hours of enraptured listening!
Young tenors Frederick Angelo Maturan and Radnel Ofalsa forged a pleasant vocal collaboration together with the composite choirs from the university, Coro Tomasino and Liturgikon Vocal Ensemble, in rendering a medley of Bach’s “Jesu Joy” and Handel’s “Sing unto God,” arranged by Orlando de la Cruz.
Soprano Katrine Jamar Sunga rendered “A New Day Has Come,” arranged by Christian Derrick Atangan.
The mood for joyful listening was at once established.
Guest performers Mikaela Natasha Ley and Rafael Emmanuel Ley impressed the audience with their superb rendition of familiar pieces at the marimba.
The former displayed virtuosity in Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5, which she performed with aplomb.
Joining her was her nephew, Rafael Emmanuel, practically a toddler, and they rendered medleys from “The Sound of Music” and “Christmas Marimba,” arranged by Ariel Santa Ana.
Ranera gave full support at the podium, ensuring tight rapport that made the performance truly marvelous!
It was a grand moment of listening as the UST Symphony Orchestra displayed how its symphonic sound had, indeed, matured and achieved luster!
Having followed the orchestra’s career since the start, I am truly amazed at the transformation of the tonal sound it has gained lately: velvety strings and virile yet singing winds that make up a translucent, silken symphonic timbre.
Its rendition of “Christmas Medley” of two familiar songs, “Good Christian Men, Rejoice” and “God Bless Ye Merry Gentlemen,” arranged by Jedrick Itugot, tugged at the heart with nostalgic joy.
Professor Ranera and the musicians played with gusto, relishing every note of the piece they played.
Stunning
As expected, the UST Singers rendered a stunning performance.
Now composed of new members, the multiawarded and internationally acclaimed choir is really stamped with choral director Fidel Calalang’s hallmark of choral excellence expressed in brilliant projection, sensitive blending, well-nuanced dynamics and articulate phrasing.
The UST Singers opened three songs with sterling vocal power.
In “Gloria Patri” by the Indonesian composer Budi Yohanes Susanto, the choir exuded the Asian flavor of the work. It was an effective opener to the choir’s suite of performances as the song’s conclusion elicited thunderous applause from the audience.
It was followed by “The Ground,” by Norwegian-American composer Ola Gjeillo, part of the composer’s “Sunrise Mass” that bears English title but carries Latin text. The piece is the setting of Agnus Dei that is scored in a hymn-like manner.
The choir tugged at the hearts of the listeners as it intoned the song in a prayerful manner.
Calalang sat on the keyboard for the choir’s final rendition— his arrangement “Happy Days/ Get Happy”—that elicited much appreciation from the audience.
As part of the university’s thrust for internationalization, Fr. Isidro C. Abaño, O.P., in his notes on the souvenir program, said the concert had always featured foreign performers.
This year, Russian violinist Yaroslava Polecensored wordva mesmerized the audience with her fine virtuosity in rendering Sarasate’s “Gypsy Airs.” She followed that up with the more familiar “Carol of the Bells.”
Korean lyric baritone Byeong-in Park, who is married to Filipino soprano Rachelle R. Gerodias, impressed the audience with a sparkling rendition of Bach’s “Grosser Herr (Christmas Oratorio).”
Previously, Gerodias had shown her renowned vocal prowess in Mozart’s “Hallelujah (Exultate Jubilate).”
Together, husband and wife delivered a tender duo in “Gesu Bambino-O Holy Night” medley.
Adding luster to the classical program was a rendition of a medley of pop songs by the Swedish supergroup ABBA. The “ABBA Christmas Medley” consisted of “I Had a Dream,” “I Believe in Angels” and “Thank You for the Music,” which later on segued to more traditional Christmas carols.
Toward the end, the audience joined the choirs and the orchestra in singing two immortal carols—“O Come All Ye Faithful” and “Joy to the World.”
The 2015 UST Christmas Concert was a joy to the world, indeed!
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Dec 20, 2015 6:37:40 GMT
Paskuhan 2015 unstoppable despite bad weather
December 19, 2015, 3:44p.m. - PASKUHAN revelers enjoyed a visual spectacle Friday as the UST Main Building turned into a three-dimensional projection wall showing Thomasian and yuletide imagery, a first for a Philippine university.
Thomasians cheered as Tigers roared and black-and-gold stripes draped the facade of the nearly nine-decade-old heritage structure. A nativity scene was also projected onto the Main Building by the video mapping team of WLV Manila and Japanese electronics giant Panasonic.
The UST Main Building joined other heritage buildings that had been brought to life by projection mapping shows, such as Buckingham Palace during the Queen's Jubilee and St. Peter's Basilica just last Dec. 8.
The video mapping team was composed of Teatro Tomasino alumni led by Alberto Monteras II, also a former art director of the Varsitarian.
"I'm so proud and honored to do this project for my alma mater, [n]ot to mention reuniting with my old friends from Teatro Tomasino. We only had two weeks to put this together and we are so happy that we made it," Monteras said on his Facebook page.
Despite last-minute schedule and venue changes and stormy weather, the annual Paskuhan pushed through and drew thousands of Thomasians and guests. Paskuhan 2015 had the theme, “A Thomasian Celebration of Christmas and the Jubilees of Mercy and the 800th Dominican Foundation Year.”
At the Paskuhan Mass, UST Rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. encouraged members of the Thomasian community to fulfill their God-given missions whole-heartedly and with humility.
“One does not need to be high-profile to accomplish significance and achievement in life,” Fr. Dagohoy said in his homily, citing St. Joseph, head of the Holy Family and patron of the Universal Church, as a model of humility.
Rains and winds brought by tropical cyclones “Nona” and “Onyok" forced last-minute changes to the event, such as compressing the original two-day celebration into one day and moving the Mass and concert indoors. The Mass and concert were moved to the Quadricentennial Pavilion and Practice Gym, respectively, from the Grandstand.
The Paskuhan pre-concert featured performances from Thomasian bands Autotelic, MilesExperience, Where’s Ramona? and special guest Jensen and the Flips.
Thomasians also gathered at the Practice Gym to watch the UST Yellow Jackets, Salinggawi Dance Troupe and performances from bands such as Grace Note, Moonstar88, Callalily and 6CycleMind.
Kleggy Abaya, lead vocalist of Banda ni Kleggy, said he enjoyed the enthusiasm of the UST crowd. "Sobrang shocked pa rin ako. Sobrang solid ng crowd and sana [makapag-perform ulit sa susunod na Paskuhan]. [Feeling] namin kabanda rin namin [ang crowd],” he said.
A seven-minute pyromusical display capped the Paskuhan, featuring hit Coldplay songs “Viva La Vida” and “A Sky Full of Stars.”
The UST Security Office again implemented a strict “buddy system,” in which one visitor must be accompanied by one Thomasian. Otherwise, outsiders were not allowed to enter the campus. Roy Abhramn D.R. Narra
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