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Dubbed "concert of the year" by concert aficionado Dr Benito Legarda Jr. and met with rave reviews by an jam packed audience at the Meralco Theater, in Pasig City, Philippines, the MSO concludes its 2016-2017 Season, #91YearsYoung with an all-Beethoven concert which included Chorale Fantasia.

Earlier in the season, the MSO performed the 7th and 8th Symphonies, with the 9th Symphony providing the climax on December 14, 2016. A 100-person chorale augments the 55-piece orchestra, with guest soloists from the Philippines (Margarita Gianelli, soprano and Camille Lopez Molina, mezzosoprano) and Japan (Tatsuya Higuchi, tenor and Yuchi Toyoshima, baritone). MSO's Principal Conductor and Artistic Director, Professor Arturo Molina, conducts.

Special thanks to our Patrons Antonio O Cojuangco, Kazu Sakai, Feria Tantoco Daos Law Offices, and Atty Jose A. Feria Jr., our Musical Chair Sponsors Mr Francisco Sebastian, Dr Benito Legarda Jr., the Pechaten Corporation, Mrs Jessie Huberty, Crystal Sugar Corporation, the family of the late Dr Geronimo Velasco, the Shin Kong Life Foundation, a Friend of the MSO, Mrs Dee Zobel, and our invaluable Subscribers and to the people of the Philippines.

Thanks to co-presentor Japan Foundation, and Meralco Corporation, Season Sponsors Ayala Malls, First Metro Investment Corporation, Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc., Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc., Air Asia Philippines, Auto Nation Group Inc., First Metro Securities Brokerage Corporation, Global Business Power, Global Executive Solutions Group, Francisco Ortigas Securities Inc., Orix Metro Leasing and Finance Corporation, TechniStock Philippines Inc., Donors Anita Ho Magsaysay Foundation Inc., Charter Ping An Insurance Corporation, Philippine Savings Bank, Surewell, Holiday Inn Hotel, the Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in Manila, KMP Artists, Media Sponsors 98.7 DZFE The Master's Touch, Art Plus Magazine, Primer Magazine, and Inquirer Mobile, and partners Power Mac Center Spotlight and Circuit Makati.

Margarita Gianelli, soprano
Camille Lopez Molina, mezzosoprano
Tatsuya Higuchi, tenor
Yuchi Toyoshima, baritone

Chorale:
Coro Tomasino
UST Liturgikon
Mapua Cardinal Singers
Viva Voce

Manila Symphony Orchestra
Prof. Arturo Molina, conductor