The PPO @ the CCP: IAA Records Shostakovich's 5th

[jhermano]

So here's the story...

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra needed a demo disc to be sent to the US as promotional media for their US tour. Unfortunately what recordings they had were not acceptable so they went to Mr. Dodie Lucas of Roadrunner for help. Dodie has been a patron of the PPO for a while and is also a founding member of the IAA.

So the IAA agreed to pool our time and what little resources we had together to record the PPO playing Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on April 4 and 5, 2006. It was truly an honor to be a part of this as I was again reminded of why I do what I do. Here are pics of our first day

Before we got to start we were witness to the rehearsal of a Spanish soloist playing the Bandura. Ocsana is her first name and is all I could make out. It was a beautiful sounding instrument that made my heart stop as she played. The CCP sound system did not do it any justice and was best heard from the first few rows.





The set up:

















Break time:



Fullfill your dreams…



Setting Levels:








Murphy’s Law at work


All set...


Now! (Punch in )


Critical listening


Relax na


Happy with our work though Maestro not too hot on their performance

Thank you so much guys. See you later for round 2.

[Sound-Weavers.com]

hey JIGS, really great looking photos! ganda ng camera mo man!

it was a great experience, KUDOS to the recording crew - glad to meet y'all!

more photos of PPO at CCP - Day 2



Gerry

[MG]

First part is done... great work guys!

My compliments, the enthusiasm shown by everyone was inspiring. It truly was a rare treat. It was something that could not be accomplished with such minimal mobilization even ten years ago.

[mikep]

Very nice photos, Jiggs. Congratulations! Great camera. I did not know you were shooting through the entire process. I should have retouched my make up a little bit more.

Great photos of Gerry as well. Well, I enjoyed and learned a lot from the experience. When the project is finished, mastered and all, we'll discuss how everything went and we can A/B the results.

Congratulations to everyone who participated. Big hand to all you guys!

[The Mark]

Great Photos!!!!
Congratulations to everyone who helped and participated in the set up and operation of this project...as i said in the announcment post your endeavor will go a long way for the country, the local audio industry, and the music and arts scene. again MARAMING SALAMAT SA INYONG LAHAT!!!! sa UULITIN!!!

The MARK

[jhermano]

Just a little info I learned yesterday from the PPO staff. This is the first time in the history of the PPO that they are touring the US. They have done Europe but never the States and what we are doing is going to help them find US sponsorship for their tour. Para sa pinas na to .

Mark, any tentative time for the mixdown? Gawin na ba nating penitensya yan?

Gerry, great shots too. DSLR ka na

[darq]

Great guns guys !!
Don't be surprised if we're called again for another recording session.
(Next time, don't install #13 mic !)

[jhermano]

(Next time, don't install #13 mic !)

[sabine]

Congratulations you guys!!!!!! Looks like you guys did a first rate job. Wish I was there to lend a hand. Looking forward to hearing the album. When will it be released?

[MusicMan]

Great pics Jiggs and Gerry! Ganda ng Camera nyo!

..let me share some phone pics that i took with my Nokia Phone ..Wish i had an SLR

Congratulations and kudos to all the Guyz!

[mikep]

Nice work, MusicMan. It should be displayed in the front of the IAA web page.

[jhermano]

Congratulations you guys!!!!!! Looks like you guys did a first rate job. Wish I was there to lend a hand. Looking forward to hearing the album. When will it be released?

Unfortunately Jek, di sya album. Just that one symphpny which has 4 parts. Ano ba total time natin? I don't think there is any plan for any public release, I'm sure we can burn you guys a copy though. We were hoping that this project would be the seed for a future album recording. sana magkatotoo

[The Mark]

Ano ba total time natin?

jiggs,
according to the time on the recorder we spent a total of i think 1.8 hours.
for all the re-takes and all the tunning recorded on disc. well tama ka eto na yung magiging penitensya natin this holy week. edit and clean up for the love of the music heheh

the mark

[MG]

I'm sure we can burn you guys a copy though.

Gents .... Permission, Permission first ...

[MusicMan]

Nice work, MusicMan. It should be displayed in the front of the IAA web page.

Thank you for the compliment sir mike