UP Symphony Orchestra rings in season with Handel's 'Messiah'

The University of the Philippines Symphony Orchestra (UPSO) invites the public to a glorious celebration of the season, where the spotlight will be on refreshingly new voices performing George Frideric Handel’s timeless oratorio, Messiah, at the University Theater (Villamor Hall) in UP Diliman, on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m.

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Under the seasoned baton of its musical director, Professor Emeritus Josefino Chino Toledo, UPSO promises a solemn yet jubilant retelling of the Nativity story via excerpts from a masterpiece that has moved listeners across generations.

Toledo adds a wistful note to this year’s UPSO gift package that reads, “Handel with Care”—teasing a colorful repertoire he has sprinkled with Christmas-themed music from the movies, an audience singalong, and a folksinger known as “Ginoong Jason” as lighthearted counterpoints to the Messiah’s solemnity.