Arrangement of “Mabuhay Ka Pilipino” as sung by different choirs. I wrote this arrangement as a commissioned piece by the Development Bank of the Philippines way back in the 90’s. The following youtube video is by the Himig Singers in a performance at St. Brendan’s Church, Los Angeles. For more information about the group, go to http://himigsingers.org . I think they are a superb choir!
I’ve been attempting to upload this video to facebook all night and for some reason it wasn’t happening. It was Vic’s birthday until 3 minutes ago in Manila so this …
Opening scene of “Bisperas ng Pasko”, a musical play I composed as written by Edna Mae Landicho for Dulaang-UP and UP Concert Chorus in 1995. This is actually a Tagalog adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”.
An old composition which I revived with the Eastwest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Gold XP using the strings sections only. I guess virtual musical instruments have reached a degree of realism that can now compare with live acoustic instruments. It’s amazing and such a joy to play with!
A medley of two popular Filipino classic tunes, “Sa Libis ng Nayon” (Santiago Suarez) and “Sa Kabukiran” (Manuel Velez). Originally arranged for 2 sopranos and piano for my college music arranging class, this arrangement has been translated into full choir arrangement for the UP Concert Chorus and orchestral with soloists for the Philippine Opera Company. This version is for angklung ensemble and orchestra accompaniment.
“Giliw Ko” (Beloved) is one of my early compositions using light versions of samples made for Gigastudio like GOS Lite, Westgate Woodwinds, Sam Horns and the Art Vista Malmjo piano.
One of my early arrangements (early works, as Menoy would say) sung by the 1990 batch of the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (UPCC) I just found this at youtube. Si Egay ba nag-upload? Anyway, this clip had Sir Paguio saying the intro, with his usual wit, one which I never acquired.
Just found this on youtube – it’s my arrangement of “Manggang Hilaw” for the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus, batch 1990. It’s quite a crude video and the audio is only on the left channel but I feel a lot of nostalgia finding this. Introduction by the late Prof. Rey T. Paguio. Only he could pull a sense of humor like that!