Are You Sleeping?

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Variations on the nursery rhyme “Are You Sleeping”. It started on a piano arrangement for a children’s book and then it just grew from there. I played this one on PMI Bosendorfer.

UP Naming Mahal (UPCC)

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My arrangement of “UP Naming Mahal” sung by the UP Concert Chorus. This is the school hymn of the University of the Philippines, composed by Nicanor Abelardo.

UP Naming Mahal

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Composed by Nicanor Abelardo, “UP Naming Mahal” is the school hymn of the University of the Philippines. I was asked by the UP-PCCA to arrange a choral version and the above version was performed by the UP Concert Chorus.

Pagdiriwang

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“Pagdiriwang” is a composition for angklung and orchestra composed with Eastwest Quantum Leap Symphony Orchestra (EWQLSO) and gigaangklung. This song is now part of the Musikong Kawayan Bamboo Ensemble standard repertoire.

Singkil III

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Third of the “Singkil” series of works. This is a composition for angklung and ethnic instruments based on a traditional Southern Philippine Moslem dance form. This is performed live by the Musikong Kawayan Bamboo Ensemble.

Psalm 23

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Vic Omila, baritone, singing a setting of “Psalm 23”, also known as “The Lord is My Shepherd” composed by Nhick Ramiro Pacis. We recorded this in our old apartment, turning the closet into a recording booth. Why not: all the clothes in the closet acted as sound proofing and the result came out good!

The Lord’s Prayer (Mallotte)

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Albert Hay Mallotte’s “The Lord’s Prayer” for piano and voice as recorded by Vic Omila, baritone and me on the piano. This is probably Mallotte’s most popular composition and the most popular version of all musical settings of this prayer.

Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod)

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Vic Omila sings “Ave Maria” by Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod with Nhick on the piano. No one knows how many times we had to do this number for church weddings! Written by in 1859, Gounod wrote the “Ave Maria” melody over Bach’s “Prelude No. 1 in C Major” from the Well-Tempered Klavier written over a century earlier.