MANILA, Philippines—Courtesy of a long-departed, dearly missed college professor Jess Q. Cruz, I have been introduced to classical music via the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) a couple of decades ago. He was then writing a column on the performing arts for a national daily and he'd tag along students willing to watch the shows if only to experience live what he's been lecturing about in our Humanities classes. We'd know there's a big difference between Baroque and Classical. If he's talking about Modern Music, it's not U2 or the Rolling Stones. Back then the PPO was only on its 10th season and we're one of those angry long-haired kid...
Keep on reading: A personal journey on classical music
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