98.7 DZFE | The Master's Touch

Band music is both familiar and new territory for Alejandro Consolacion II. Growing up surrounded by it, he broke new ground when he wrote his Celebration Suite, with which he won the symphonic band category of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Composition Prize. Consolacion joins DZFE’s Daniel to talk about the genesis of the suite, and the foundation that holds its various moveme...

Q: What is forbidden in the second commandment? A: The second commandment forbids the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in his Word. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 51 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. This weekly series is presented by Pilgrim Community Church and 98.7 DZFE. 

Until entering university, Franz Mallari was a self-taught composer who wrote decidedly pop music. Last November, he won the solo piano category of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Composition Prize. Joining DZFE’s Daniel, Mallari shares his story and music as MAESTRO FILIPINO continues its feature on the winners of the NCCA Composition Prize.  MAESTRO FILIPINO is DZFE's progr...

Q: What is required in the second commandment?  A: The second commandment requires the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God has appointed in his Word. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 50 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. This weekly series is presented by Pilgrim Community Churc...

Having written for numerous international competitions, Jonathan Domingo recently won in his first major Philippine composing competition, the NCCA Composition Prize, where he bagged, not one, but two categories. He opens the MAESTRO FILIPINO feature on the winners: joining DZFE’s Daniel, Domingo shares his philosophy and process as a composer, and some of his recent works. MAESTRO FILIPINO is DZF...

A concert series to help the deaf and hearing-impaired—that was what Adrik Cristobal, Patrick Roxas, Monching Carpio, and Prof. Lester Demetillo launched last Tuesday with the first concert of Sounds and Senses. Joining DZFE’s Daniel on MAESTRO FILIPINO, Cristobal and Roxas talk about the work of the concert’s beneficiary, Anfini global; the birth of Sounds and Senses; and what the series, and the...

Q: What are we specially taught by these words before me in the first commandment? A. These words before me in the first commandment teach us, that God, who seeth all things, taketh notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other God.125 — Westminster Shorter Catechism 48 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. This weekly se...

Guitarist Ivar Fojas extends an invitation to rediscover the magic of the in-person concert, as he also rediscovers the thrill of concert performance. Returning to the stage for the first time since the start of the pandemic, he plays some of his favorite pieces, along with new transcriptions, to close the Special Concert Series of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Fojas and DZFE’s Daniel ta...

Q: What is forbidden in the first commandment? A: The first commandment forbids the denying, or not worshipping and glorifying, the true God as God, and our God; and the giving of that worship and glory to any other, which is due to him alone. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 47 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. This weekly series is presen...

Guitarist Ivar Fojas extends an invitation to rediscover the magic of the in-person concert, as he also rediscovers the thrill of concert performance. Returning to the stage for the first time since the start of the pandemic, he plays some of his favorite pieces, along with new transcriptions, to close the Special Concert Series of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Fojas and DZFE’s Daniel ta...

Dr. Mark Jones joins DZFE’s Tiffany this year’s Reformation Week on DZFE for an interview-vignette series on KNOWING SIN, based on Dr Jones’ recent book “Knowing Sin: Seeing a neglected doctrine through the eyes of the Puritans”, ahead of his visit to Manila in January. What are Christians to make of remaining sin? Today on Pt7/7. 

Dr Mark Jones joins DZFE’s Tiffany this year’s Reformation Week on DZFE for an interview-vignette series on KNOWING SIN, based on Dr Jones’ recent book “Knowing Sin: Seeing a neglected doctrine through the eyes of the Puritans”, ahead of his visit to Manila in January. Are some sins worse than others? And how do we tell? Today on Pt6/7. 

Q: What is the preface to the ten commandments? A: The preface to the ten commandments is in these words, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 46 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. This weekly series is presented by Pilgrim Community Church and...

Dr. Mark Jones joins DZFE’s Tiffany this year’s Reformation Week on DZFE for an interview-vignette series on KNOWING SIN, based on Dr Jones’ recent book “Knowing Sin: Seeing a neglected doctrine through the eyes of the Puritans”, ahead of his visit to Manila in January. What is sin exactly and what is the right way of understanding the concept of is? Today on Pt5/7.

Soprano Marielle Tuason returns to the stage for A Bel Canto Evening—after building up her repertoire during the pandemic, she and pianist Gabriel Paguirigan present a program of opera excerpts from Vivaldi, Mozart, Donizetti, and more. Tuason joins DZFE’s Daniel on MAESTRO FILIPINO to talk about the origins and music of A Bel Canto Evening. MAESTRO FILIPINO is DZFE's program on the Philippine...

Dr Mark Jones joins DZFE’s Tiffany this year’s Reformation Week on DZFE for an interview-vignette series on KNOWING SIN, based on Dr Jones’ recent book “Knowing Sin: Seeing a neglected doctrine through the eyes of the Puritans”, ahead of his visit to Manila in January. What exactly does Adam’s sin and the historical Fall have to do with our sin today? Today on Pt4/7. 

Dr Mark Jones joins DZFE’s Tiffany this year’s Reformation Week on DZFE for an interview-vignette series on KNOWING SIN, based on Dr Jones’ recent book “Knowing Sin: Seeing a neglected doctrine through the eyes of the Puritans”, ahead of his visit to Manila in January. We like to think of infants as the very picture of innocence, and yet excuse our errors as the result of being born the way we are...

Dr Mark Jones joins DZFE’s Tiffany this year’s Reformation Week on DZFE for an interview-vignette series on KNOWING SIN, based on Dr Jones’ recent book “Knowing Sin: Seeing a neglected doctrine through the eyes of the Puritans”, ahead of his visit to Manila in January. In Pt2/7, Why examine sin through the Puritans’ perspective? And, is it a sin to be tempted? 

Dr Mark Jones joins DZFE’s Tiffany this year’s Reformation Week on DZFE for an interview-vignette series on KNOWING SIN, based on Dr Jones’ recent book “Knowing Sin: Seeing a neglected doctrine through the eyes of the Puritans”, ahead of his visit to Manila in January. In Pt1/7, why is knowing sin, and about sin, so vital?

Q: Which is the first commandment? A: The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 45 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. This weekly series is presented by Pilgrim Community Church and 98.7 DZFE.

Clarion Chamber Ensemble is back! On MAESTRO FILIPINO with DZFE’s Daniel, we spend time with pianist Hyun Joo Lee shortly before CCE’s return to the live stage as part of the Manila Pianos Artist Series. MAESTRO FILIPINO is DZFE's program on the Philippine classical music scene. All music on the program features with permission from the artist.

Q: What does the preface to the Ten Commandments teach us? A: The preface to the Ten Commandments teaches us, that because God is the Lord, and our God, and Redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all his commandments. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 44 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. This weekly series is presented by Pilgrim Community...

After about a decade of work, Jude and Ma. Theresa Roldan, with the Young Voices of the Philippines, released KATHÂ. KATHÂ is the first in a series of collections of Filipino folk songs arranged for treble choir—a much-needed addition to the treble choir repertoire, and a welcome resource in the preservation of Philippine folk music. KATHÂ also serves a more pressing need: its proceeds will help f...

Q: What is the preface to the Ten Commandments? A: The preface to the Ten Commandments is in these words, I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 43 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. This weekly series is presented by Pilgrim Community Church and 98.7 DZ...

A deep intimacy with rondalla music, and a decades-long composing career—for Dr. Jocelyn Marfil, these recently flowered in the collection of folk song arrangements and new works, entitled Likha Rondalya. Initially written for the UP Rondalla, the book was publicly launched for the benefit of the repertoire at large. Dr. Marfil joins DZFE’s Daniel to talk about the origins of Likha Rondalya, what...