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The Cultural Center of the Philippines - THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Asia's Mecca of the Arts THE CULTURAL CENTER FROM THE AIR - A scale model of the CCP as completed . gives us a breathtaking view of the complex from th~ air. The Theatre for the Perform· By PEDRO R. NARVASA ing Arts Is at the center with the open air theatre to its right and above it th" Museum . and Art Gallery complex. Early this month, a goateed firstly, a tribute' to Miss Quach's truant from the demos group attired sure and precise baton and the in a democratic polo shirt came to MSO's emergence as a fine musical 'the Theater For The Performing instrument. Then, of course, it was Arts of the Cultural Center of the a tribute to the excellent acoustics Philippines on Roxas Blvd. to listen and the people behind the building to the final performance of the of the magnificent edifice by the Manila- SympflOny Orchestra under bay, . which Miss Quach praised as Maestra Helen Quach. He sat through "very elegant, extraordinary and the whole night's program up on vibrant . better than Philhar­ the upper balcony, silent and trans­ monic Hall at Lincoln Center." , fixed. Barely after the last strains of the powerful and heroic coda Miss Quach, who has been assist­ of the Finale of Jan Sibelius's' pa­ ant conductor (1967-1968 season) pular Symphony NO. ,2 in D Major, of the prestigious New York Phi~ he jump~tl to his feet like an un­ harmonic Orchestra under Leonard coiled spring, clapped his hands, Bernstein, has conducted with great and shouted '- "Bravo! " distinction symphnoy <?rchestras in ; . THE CCP BY NIGHT - The Center's founthln is activated during every performance, the principal halls of the U.S.A., · Above a family watches in fascination the fountain and theatre gleaming with lights. He may not have meant it so, Italy, Australia, Japan' and Korea. but in a way, this demonstrator's She is now Chairman-Director of bravo was a multiple tribute: It was, the Jua Kang Music Camp of the 8 The Cultural Center. Cradle for Filipino artistry. We ~re 100% Filipino. This 100% Filipino structure is a loud cry In ownership. In work. In spirit. towards our own self-sufficiency in the. arts. And everything about us. Millions of pounds of enduring Filipinas Cement Our strength goes beyond cement. helped make this a louder cry. And naturally. DIstributed by ~ :tJ./ipin.n..s MARKETING CORPORATION 800 E. de los Santos Avenue, Quezon City. Tel. 99-87-26 THE MSO AT THE CENTER - Queen of the Baton Helen Quach (right photo) rehearses the Manila Symphony Orchestra in one of her appearances at the center. Above, the MSO and Choir with Maestro Herbert Zipper perform a Mahler op,us. College of Chinese Culture in Yang­ to : "Terrific! " mingshan, Taiwan. She was referring of course to Miss Quach's appearance that the Cultural Center's excellent faci­ lities: very wide stage, lighting, stage night wa~ the third and final one props and perfect acoustics. with the MSO this season. Foreign artists have unstintedly Ever since the curtain first rose praised the theater. to usher in the opening performance of the commissioned "Dularawan" After witnessing Dularawan, New last September 8, the Cultural Cen~ York Times Music Critic Howard ter has become, as one enthusiastic Taubman wrote of his impression writer p,anegyrized it, "The Mecca of the multipurpose theater: of the Arts in Asia." "What is certain is that the Phi· "The dream of all young Fili­ lippines have acquired not only a pinos at long last comes true," building that looks handsome inside Soprano Dalisay J. Aldaba, founder " and out but also one that works as and president of the Opera Guild of well. It is almost impossible to build ' the Philippines said during the OGP's a large house that will be equally first presentation at the Center of congenial for drama, instrumental and vocal music and dance, but La Serva Padrona and PagliLzcci. - Leandro V. Locsin, an enormously ,"Opera, ultimate synthesis of the gifted young Filipino architect, arts - visual, vocal, orchestral, dra­ seems to have brought it off. matic ... performed by a Filipino I company in a FilIpino setting of "Since tonight's dularawan con· unsurpassed beauty. The goal of tained all these elements, it provided establishing a permanent national a good test. The spoken word cal" opera company which can support ried well through the 2,OOO-seat the musical standards,of profession­ auditorium without amplification, alism ,rto longer seems illusory." 'and the singers on the stage as well as the' instruments in the pit sound­ ed natural and balanced. One has Julie Borromeo, danseuse in and almost no doubt that a symphony choreographer of the first full-length orchestra would also be well served Filipino ballet Mir-i-nisa,commiss­ by the successful acoustics. As for ioned by the First Lady as part of the visual side, the viewing was LEANDRO V. LOCSIN - Howard Taubman calls Leandro V. Locsin (above) the Center's Philippine Music Fe~ excellent ,from every part of the "an enoflnously gifted architect who has brought off the impossible" feat a · tival, and Aldonza ,of the CCP box house." ,"large house that will be equ,ally congenial for drama, instrumental and vo~1 office hit Man of La- Mancha, re­ music and dance.',' duced her impression of the Center 10 WE ARE · PROUD ' TO HAVE SHARED IN I THE BUILDING OF THE CULTURAL .' CENTER ... ~ ..... ~,.... ........ ,. ", d\ ", : :.i". "',. 1\ ,,:.! ';'f,';:' 'j" "l1c(1 ,: .; \ ' \· ' l l ~ i w . i'. ..Hd io '. ..... 7TH FLOOR DONA NARCISA BLDG., 8751 PASEO DE ROXAS, MAK~TI, Rt,Z:AL P.O. BOX 953 MANILA TELS. 89"18 ! ~1I THRU ' 15 ~ , , t; " :-!: ':"·1 , CENTER SPARK PLUG - The Fin Lady, Mrs. Imelda Rpmualdez Marc< the human dynamo behind the Cultw Center of the Philippines·project, cuts t ceremonial ribbon marking the comp tion of the CCP's Theatre for the Perf 01 . ing A~ts , while those closely associat with her project watch. From left; De Lucrecia R. Kasilag, CCP Theatre Din tor, Emesto Rufino , Fr. Horacio de Costa, SJ. CCP tnlstees; Jaime Zobel Ayala , CCP President ; and Architect Lel dro Locsin, who designed the CCP co plex. artistic director of t he Warsaw Na­ For the Grand Ball et Classique an easy one. Director Kqsil ag ma­ with wlwt we may cal/apathY-1ll tional Philharmonic Orchestra - du France, there wa s plenty of naged remarkab Iy welL" mentum, partisan politics, critic; whose reading of 13eethoven's Sym­ space for vicious and tender piro­ pessimists, irrepressible detractor phony No. Sin C Minor at the uettes and soaring trajectories. two would-b e national theaters th: The array of local and foreign had to be converted into cinel! Center recently was "a II lucidity artists that have performed at the and logic" - praised the CCP's houses, a pervading belief that U American Music crit ic Shirley center for nine months since Sep­ Philippines does not have a sustaiJ "theater for the performing arts as Fleming, who was witness to the tember before capacity aud iences one of the best in the world. ing audience to justify it , and th; Center's baptism of controversy appears to be a solid testament of modern social phenomena, demon complete with placard-bear.ing de­ the hope and faith that bu ilt this trators. '. The London Philharmonic Or­ monstrators and a skeptical press, "intended guardian of the Filipino chestra - already booked at the said of Dularawan, the Center's soul." Center for a second appearance curta in-ra ising presenta tion: in 1971 - remarked that it was TRUE NATIONAL THEATER acoustically the best they have "The b·est · moments . on stage But, the fact that the Cultural performed in. Center ever got built was in itself were contributed by the various Ever since the Metropolitan the: dance troupes, including the inter­ a miracle. ter on Plaza Lawton, originally d, nationally· known Bayanihan. In signed as a theater for the perforn fact, if anybody deserVed a golden MIRACLE OF UNITY In Europe and the U.S.A. cul­ ing arts, deteriorated into a secon hat that evening it was Lucrecia tural centers, in Howard Taubman's run movie house before World Wi Kasilag, the. Bayanihan music di­ words "are a dime a dozen." But, II for lack of enough theater faJ rector, who wrote the score and nonetheless, in some cu Iturally de­ and the audience to sustain it ' A member of the Indian Dance , directed an orchestra of gongs, veloped and economically rich cities people talked and dreamed of Party of Sanjukta Panigrahi said conch shells, and innumerable bam­ in Europe, America, Australia and true national theater. wistfully, "This theater is a miracle boo flutes, lutes, xylophones, blocks, Asia, it is a long and tedious process o[ ·harmony." Celebrated solo vir­ sticks, and chimes - all native and for a cultural center to reach the The hist ~ ry of such a nation; ..tuoso Eugene Istomin, whose per- A~ian instruments . Most of . completion stage. Imagine, then, theater in this country is a litan formance of Beethoven's Emp.eror them individually are as delicate the difficulties such a planned cen- of grandiose plans and comic fru Concerto at the Mapua auditorium in tone as a breeze through a mango ter has to face and did face in a trations. It started with the desu many years ago · was a t.riumph tree, and colleCtively they are as developing country like the Philip­ of the Spanish colonizers to brir against poor ayoustics, and Ruma­ subtle in shading and introverted pines.
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