Jose Mari Chan kicks off the Christmas season on 'ASAP Natin 'To'

Plus treats from 'Senior High' stars, hot collab from AC and Chie, and Jamie Rivera's 35th anniversary celebration

BY MANILA BULLETIN ENTERTAINMENT

Sep 1, 2023 10:18 AM

  

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AT A GLANCE

• Celebrate the early yuletide season with a holiday hits party led by the King of Filipino Christmas Carols himself, Jose Mari Chan, together with "It's Showtime's" Isip Bata kids Kulot, Jaze, Lucas, and Imogen, plus Anji Salvacion, P-Pop girl group Calista, and the whole ASAP family with Edward Barber.

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Your favorite weekend viewing habit kicks off the early holiday season with a bang, featuring an all-star act with OPM and Christmas icon Jose Mari Chan, plus more must-watch treats from your favorite Kapamilya stars and special guests this Sunday (Sept. 3) on "ASAP Natin 'To" on Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, and TV5.

Celebrate the early yuletide season with a holiday hits party led by the King of Filipino Christmas Carols himself, Jose Mari Chan, together with "It's Showtime's" Isip Bata kids Kulot, Jaze, Lucas, and Imogen, plus Anji Salvacion, P-Pop girl group Calista, and the whole ASAP family with Edward Barber. 

More surprises await from the cast of the trending Kapamilya youth-oriented series "Senior High" Andrea Brillantes, Elijah Canlas, Xyriel Manabat, Zaijian Jaranilla, Juan Karlos, Daniella Stranner, Gela Atayde, Miggy Jimenez, and Tommy Alejandrino alongside veteran co-stars Angel Aquino, Kean Cipriano, Mon Confiado, Gerald Madrid, Ana Abad Santos, Baron Geisler, Desiree del Valle, and Sylvia Sanchez.

Women's power is in full display with a fierce "Clash Dance" showdown from AC Bonifacio and Chie Filomeno, plus celebrate Pinoy pride anew with an all-champions dancefloor act from World Hip Hop Dance Championship winners Javen Zamora and the full-force of HQ Dance Collective.

Jive to the total pop performance from Asia's Pop Heartthrob, Darren, together with ASAP heartthrobs Jameson Blake, Joao Constancia, Jin Macapagal, and Jeremy G. Then, feel the chill vibes with a jamming session from Kice and MRLD.

All roads lead to Italy, as your favorite artists bring world-class Pinoy performances to all our Kapamilyas in Milan. And before the highly-anticipated "ASAP Natin 'To in Milan" show, get ready for a sneak peek vocal treat from Zsa Zsa Padilla, Angeline Quinto, Jona, Jed Madela, and Regine Velasquez with Franco Laurel. 

Celebrate 35 years of faith, love, and inspiration as the country's Inspirational Diva, Jamie Rivera, marks her anniversary and birthday on the ASAP stage with a new single act. Also joining her are singing champions Jona, Jed, Klarisse de Guzman, Jason Dy, Bituin Escalante, Katrina Velarde, Sheena Belarmino, JM Yosures, Reiven Umali, Khimo Gumatay, Fana, and Lyka Estrella.

The music continues with a stellar duet from Asia's Phoenix, Morissette, and the country's Concert King, Martin Nievera.

And love is in the air with a romance medley sing-off from Zsa Zsa Padilla, Erik Santos, Ogie Alcasid, and Regine Velasquez, plus a touching father-daughter duet from Gary and Kiana Valenciano in "The Greatest Showdown."

Don't miss this early holiday party from the country's longest-running and award-winning musical variety show, "ASAP Natin 'To," this Sunday, 12 NN on local TV via Kapamilya Channel, Jeepney TV, A2Z, and TV5, online through Kapamilya Online Live and iWantTFC, and worldwide via TFC. 

Viewers who use any digital TV box at home, such as the TVplus box, only need to rescan their device to watch "ASAP Natin 'To" on TV5 and A2Z.

For our Kapamilyas in Italy, don't miss "ASAP Natin 'To in Milan," happening on Sept. 10 (Sunday) at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan. For tickets, visit https://bit.ly/ASAPinMilanTickets.

Scorpions - Still Loving You Piano Cover by Alisa Procenko

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ABBA singer Agnetha makes comeback as solo artist

BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

Aug 31, 2023 11:47 AM

  

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AT A GLANCE

• While it took ABBA nearly 40 years to return with a new album after the band split in the early 1980s, Faltskog has since produced several solo albums, the last "A" came out in 2013.

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Agnetha Faltskog stands second left in ABBA's wax figures displayed at Stockholm's ABBA museum (AFP) 

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Two years after iconic Swedish pop group ABBA returned with a new album, singer Agnetha Faltskog has announced she will unveil a new single as a solo artist this week.

"So... where do we go from here?," the 73-year-old asked in a post to Instagram late Tuesday.

She said the single -- also titled "Where Do We Go From Here?" -- would be premiering on BBC Radio 2 on Thursday. 

Singers Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad represented the double A in the ABBA acronym alongside Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson.

The artist had last week teased that a new release was in the works, in an Instagram post that just said "Where Do We Go From Here?", without further explanation.

While it took ABBA nearly 40 years to return with a new album after the band split in the early 1980s, Faltskog has since produced several solo albums, the last "A" came out in 2013.

ABBA were propelled to global stardom after their 1974 Eurovision Song Contest win with "Waterloo" but they split in 1982, a year after the album, "The Visitors". 

In 2018 the supergroup confirmed rumours they had returned to the studio to record new music.

ABBA finally announced a new album in September 2021 and released the singles "I still have faith in you" and "Don't shut me down" ahead of the 10-track "Voyage" two months later.

ABBA also made a return to the stage with a London show the following year in the form of projected holograms -- dubbed "ABBAtars."

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Fauré: 15 facts about the Great Composer

 Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) was one of the most influential of French composers, linking the end of Romanticism with the beginnings of the modern era. His Requiem and Pavane remain among the best-loved classical pieces.

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   1. Happiness is a harmonium

   Born in Pamiers in the south of France, Fauré's musical talent became apparent when he was a boy. "I grew up, a rather quiet well-behaved child, in an area of great beauty," he said. "But the only thing I remember really clearly is the harmonium in that little chapel. Every time I could get away I ran there...I played atrociously...but I do remember that I was happy; and if that is what it means to have a vocation, then it is a very pleasant thing."

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   2. Meeting Saint-Saëns

   At nine, young Gabriel was sent to Paris to study to become a church organist and choirmaster. A few years later, Saint-Saëns (pictured) took charge of piano studies and introduced contemporary music into the college, including works by Schumann, Liszt and Wagner. Saint-Saëns took a great interest in Fauré's progress and a lifelong friendship was born.

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   3. Master organist

   After graduating in 1865, Fauré earned a modest living as an organist and piano teacher. In October 1871, he was appointed choirmaster at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris (pictured), under the organist Widor. During some services, the two improvised simultaneously on the church's two organs, trying to catch each other out with sudden changes of key.

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   4. Gabriel Faure

   Fauré became a founding member of the Société Nationale de Musique, formed in February 1871 to promote new French music. Other members included Saint-Saëns, Bizet, Chabrier, Franck and Massenet. Many of Fauré's works were first presented at the Society's concerts.

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   5. A budding composer

   In January 1877, Fauré - aged 31 - had his first violin sonata performed at a Société Nationale concert with great success. It marked a turning-point in his composing career.

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   6. Love of Wagner

   Fauré greatly enjoyed foreign travel. From 1878, he made trips abroad to see the operas of Wagner (pictured). He saw the complete Ring Cycle in Munich and in London and Die Meistersinger and Parsifal at Bayreuth. Fauré admired Wagner and had a detailed knowledge of his music, but he was one of the few composers of his generation not to be influenced musically by Wagner.

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   7. Summer retreat

   Holding an important post as organist as well as being director of the Paris Conservatoire meant that Fauré had to retreat to the countryside in the summer to concentrate on composing. He began his Requiem in 1887, revised and expanded it over the years, until its final version dating from 1901.

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   8. Fauré's Requiem

   Fauré said of his Requiem, "Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest." Fauré saw death as a "happy deliverance, an aspiration towards happiness above, rather than as a painful experience."

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    9. Fauré and the Dolly Suite

    In his late 40s, the married Fauré fell in love with Emma Bardac. The affair inspired a burst of creativity and a new originality in his music. Fauré wrote the Dolly Suite for piano duet between 1894 and 1897 and dedicated it to Bardac's daughter Hélène, known as "Dolly". Some people suspected that Fauré was Dolly's father.

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    10. Pavane

    Fauré's popular Pavane was written for piano and choir in the late 1880s. He described it as "elegant, but not otherwise important," intending it to be played more briskly than it has generally come to be performed. The choral lyrics were based on verses about the romantic helplessness of man. 

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    11. Pelléas et Mélisande

    Fauré's works of the last years of the 19th century included incidental music for the English premiere of Maurice Maeterlinck's Pelléas et Mélisande, a Symbolist play about forbidden love. The work was very popular and also inspired an opera by Debussy, and incidental music by Arnold Schoenberg and Jean Sibelius.

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    12. The not-very-critical critic

    From 1903 to 1921, Fauré regularly wrote music criticism for the newspaper Le Figaro, a role in which he was not at ease. It's thought that Fauré's natural kindness and broad-mindedness meant he tended to emphasise the positive aspects of a work and not be critical enough.

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    13. Admired by Elgar

    Fauré was hugely popular in Britain. He visited often and even played at Buckingham Palace in 1908. He attended the London premiere of Elgar's First Symphony that year and had dinner with Elgar afterwards. "I admired him greatly," said Elgar, who tried to get Fauré's Requiem put on at the Three Choirs Festival.

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    14. Honoured by the state

    By his last years, Fauré was recognised in France as the leading French composer of his day. In 1920, at the age of 75, he received the Grand-Croix of the Légion d'Honneur, a rare honour for a musician.

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    15. Final years

    Fauré suffered from poor health in his later years, brought on by heavy smoking. Despite this, he remained available to teach and dispense advice to young composers, including members of Les Six, most of whom were devoted to him. He died in Paris from pneumonia on 4 November 1924 at the age of 79.

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THRILLMAKER: The Humperdinck is back!

BY JOEE GUILAS

  

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AT A GLANCE

• This September, thelegendary British crooner returnsto the country as part of hisongoing world tour, “The Legend Continues.” Fans will be serenaded by his passionate performances in a two-night concert at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Newport World Resorts, Pasay City, on Sept. 9 and 10, 7:30 PM.

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Engelbert Humperdinck

Ironic as it may sound, the singer who immortalized the song “Release Me” is not considering releasing his tight hold on fame anytime soon.  Legendary balladeer and frequent Manila visitor Engelbert Humperdinck will soon be en route to another world tour, including a stop in the Philippines this September.

“It’s been four years since my last visit, and I’m looking forward to coming over.  I’m excited about coming over there.  I know that Filipinos love my music.  I’ve been spending a lot of time online, and I see them singing my songs on karaoke,” shared Humperdinck. He said this also prompts him to always have something special for his Filipino fans whenever he is afforded the chance to visit the country.  This next visit is undoubtedly not going to be an exception.

“I have a surprise for the Filipino people when I get there,” he teased. 

The promised surprise is on top of the 87-year-old singer’s new album, "All About Love.”  He hopes that some cuts in this new project will be hits just like his classic “Release Me,” which stayed on top of the charts for 56 consecutive weeks in multiple countries.

“The music that I record seems timeless when I recorded them in the past, and I never get tired singing them, especially Release Me,” Humperdinck acknowledged. 

Asked whether or not he is getting tired of singing at his ripe age, Humperdinck stressed that slowing down anytime soon is far-fetched, at least at this point: “Retiring is not a word that I use.  I have such a great following that I don’t want to disappoint them.  Wherever I go, I get such a great reception.”  More than this, however, the debt of gratitude to his craft makes him stick to the life of being a musician.

“Music has been my passport to the world.  It’s made me see countries I’ve never seen before. It’s a wonderful way to make a living.” 

This September, the legendary British crooner returns to the country as part of his ongoing world tour, “The Legend Continues.” Fans will be serenaded by his passionate performances in a two-night concert at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Newport World Resorts, Pasay City, on Sept. 9 and 10, 7:30 PM.

For over 50 years, Humperdinck mastered wooing audiences worldwide, earning him the title “King of Romance.” Among his commercially successful singles are “Release Me,” “Quando Quando Quando,” “Spanish Eyes,” and many more.

While his captivating vocals have charmed millions of fans, the man earned his icon status in the music industry with massive achievements through the decades. Humperdinck rose in the music scene in the 1960s alongside iconic bands The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Throughout his long career, he became a four-time Grammy nominee and released dozens of studio albums, selling over 150 million records. To this day, he consistently showcases his legacy and wins the hearts of listeners across the globe.

Now, given all these tucked into his belt, it should be no wonder why fans are finding it difficult to release his music from their playlists. 

Engelbert Humperdinck

Ironic as it may sound, the singer who immortalized the song “Release Me” is not considering releasing his tight hold on fame anytime soon.  Legendary balladeer and frequent Manila visitor Engelbert Humperdinck will soon be en route to another world tour, including a stop in the Philippines this September.

“It’s been four years since my last visit, and I’m looking forward to coming over.  I’m excited about coming over there.  I know that Filipinos love my music.  I’ve been spending a lot of time online, and I see them singing my songs on karaoke,” shared Humperdinck. He said this also prompts him to always have something special for his Filipino fans whenever he is afforded the chance to visit the country.  This next visit is undoubtedly not going to be an exception. 

“I have a surprise for the Filipino people when I get there,” he teased.

The promised surprise is on top of the 87-year-old singer’s new album, "All About Love.”  He hopes that some cuts in this new project will be hits just like his classic “Release Me,” which stayed on top of the charts for 56 consecutive weeks in multiple countries.

“The music that I record seems timeless when I recorded them in the past, and I never get tired singing them, especially Release Me,” Humperdinck acknowledged. 

Asked whether or not he is getting tired of singing at his ripe age, Humperdinck stressed that slowing down anytime soon is far-fetched, at least at this point: “Retiring is not a word that I use.  I have such a great following that I don’t want to disappoint them.  Wherever I go, I get such a great reception.”  More than this, however, the debt of gratitude to his craft makes him stick to the life of being a musician.

“Music has been my passport to the world.  It’s made me see countries I’ve never seen before. It’s a wonderful way to make a living.”

This September, the legendary British crooner returns to the country as part of his ongoing world tour, “The Legend Continues.” Fans will be serenaded by his passionate performances in a two-night concert at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Newport World Resorts, Pasay City, on Sept. 9 and 10, 7:30 PM.

For over 50 years, Humperdinck mastered wooing audiences worldwide, earning him the title “King of Romance.” Among his commercially successful singles are “Release Me,” “Quando Quando Quando,” “Spanish Eyes,” and many more.

While his captivating vocals have charmed millions of fans, the man earned his icon status in the music industry with massive achievements through the decades. Humperdinck rose in the music scene in the 1960s alongside iconic bands The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Throughout his long career, he became a four-time Grammy nominee and released dozens of studio albums, selling over 150 million records. To this day, he consistently showcases his legacy and wins the hearts of listeners across the globe.

Now, given all these tucked into his belt, it should be no wonder why fans are finding it difficult to release his music from their playlists.