Art Talk: We bring Edvard Munch to You

THE Munch Museum is holding a webinar about Edvard Munch’s relationship to the coast, nature, and recreation. The talk will be helmed by curators Patricia Berman and Signe Endresen. The talk can be seen free of charge by following this link: https://vier.live/acts/munchrelationship-to-the-coast-nature-and-recreation, on Aug. 18 at 4 p.m. UTC+02. (UTC 4 p.m. in Manila is at midnight). Other talks may also be accessed at the museum’s Facebook page, @munchmuseet.

PPO’s pocket concert series

THE PHILIPPINE Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) continues its concert series PPO By Your Bedside, on Aug. 7, 8 p.m., on the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ website. The concert’s repertoire will include the songs

“Usahay” by Gregorio Labja, to be performed by Joy Allan De la Cruz on the viola; “Bayan Ko” by Constancio de Guzman, to be performed by Jay Ar Mesa on the French horn and Manuel Agustine Chua on the guitar; the Pangasinense folk song “Malinac Lay Labi” as performed by Dino Decena and Christian Tan on violin, Rey Casey Concepcion on the viola, Giancarlo Gonzales on the Cello, and Rommel Cruz on the contrabass; and Wency Cornejo’s performed by Hercules Santiago on flute, Christian Tan on violin, and Giuseppe Diestro on cello. PPO By Your Bedside is part of The Music for Healing: PPO in Quarantine Pocket Concert Series, an ongoing program which can be viewed on the PPO FB page and the CCP YouTube as platforms. Initially intended as an online music offering to Filipinos who are recuperating in their beds in hospitals or at home as therapy to aid in their healing, it also aims to accompany the whole family in coping with the pandemic situation and the frontliners who bravely provide their services to fellow countrymen in need. The series offers two other programs, the PPO in the Workplace pocket concert and the

PPO in your Living Room pocket concert.

Gabriel Barredo’s by Ballet Philippines