WHAT | MSO Season 13-14 II: “The Trumpet Calls”
WHEN | 6 July 2013, Saturday (2000)
WHERE | Francisco Santiago Hall, BDO Corporate Center, Makati City
INQUIRE | 523-5712, (0916)408-7549, info@manilasymphony.com.
“The Trumpet Calls” is the second concert of the “Color Your World” 2013–2014 Concert Season of the Manila Symphony Orchestra. It features Belgian guest artists Manu Mallearts (trumpet) and Thanos Adamopoulos (conductor).
The program explores themes of majesty and triumph with a performance of Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 “Haffner,” Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat, and Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C “Great”.
Featured trumpet soloist Manu Mallearts is based in Brussels, Belgium. He is the artistic director of the Belgian Brass and solo trumpet player of La Monnaie Opera House. Last year, Mallearts gave a workshop for MSO brass members and also played as soloist for the Bamboo Organ Festival in Las Piñas.
Guest conductor Thanos Adamopoulos has served as concertmaster of the Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Brussels. He has also served as guest coach for the distinguished Asian Youth Orchestra of which several MSO musicians have been members. He is currently the Music Director of the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra.
