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Q. 42. What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? A. The sum of the Ten Commandments is, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbor as ourselves. . 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.

“Active” does not quite capture the work of Felicito Sacdalan, whose tireless efforts as a musician, music teacher, and conductor of numerous ensembles have recently earned him a Hiyas Award—among several other recognitions throughout his career. On MAESTRO FILIPINO, Sacdalan talks about helping communities through music, steering his various groups through the pandemic, and more. We also hear mus...

Q: Where is the moral law summarily comprehended? A: The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments. Westminster Shorter Catechism 41 . 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.

Q: What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience? A: The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience, was the moral law. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 40 . 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.

Guitarist Joseph Mirandilla has taught Fernando Sor's Introduction and Variation on a Theme by Mozart countless times. For his first doctorate recital, he revisited this piece with fresh eyes, along with two other warhorses of the guitar repertoire. He talks about the music he performed, and the instruments on which he performed them, on MAESTRO FILIPINO with DZFE's Daniel. MAESTRO FILIPIN...

Q: What is the duty which God requireth of man? A: The duty which God requireth of man, is obedience to his revealed will. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 39 . 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.

With an eminent international career under his belt, the late baritone Andrew Fernando remained a champion of opera at home: he was working on a Filipino opera translation at his untimely passing, which was met with a flood of recollections on how he was mentor and father figure to countless classical singers. MAESTRO FILIPINO looks back on Andrew Fernando’s life with his friend and colleague, ten...

Q: What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection? A: At the resurrection, believers being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment, and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God to all eternity. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 38 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. Th...

As a child, soprano Angella Lista dreamed of performing as a pop singer. Earlier this year, she performed in her graduation recital and soon made her debut at Manila Pianos Artist Series. We hear her story and music in this edition of MAESTRO FILIPINO. DZFE’s Daniel is the host. . MAESTRO FILIPINO is DZFE's program on the Philippine classical music scene. . All music on the program features wi...

Q: What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death? A: The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest in their graves till the resurrection. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 37 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. This weekl...

Shy and quiet at first, guitarist Bea Cena has grown in leaps and bounds under the mentorship of Dr. Ivar Fojas—and not only musically. She recently reached a significant milestone with her first public solo performance, excerpts of which we hear on MAESTRO FILIPINO. We also hear her conversation with DZFE’s Daniel. MAESTRO FILIPINO is DZFE's program on the Philippine classical music scene. Al...

Q: What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification? A: The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification, are, assurance of God's love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 36 Journey wi...

The influence of the kundiman—the Philippines’ romantic art song—can be still be heard on radio, stage, and screen. The next installment of the FCCP’s Minamahal Kita celebrates just that with New York-based tenor, Rogelio Peñaverde, Jr. With him are a host of other artists and FCCP scholars, including pianist and harpist Jane Banta. With Martin Lopez, Scholarship Committee Director of the Friends...

Q: What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life? A: They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 35 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. Thi...

Everything was set for the French-ship Concert celebrating 75 years of Filipino-French amity. Then the soloist fell ill. Stepping up to the plate, cellist Kyongmin Nam Fiel scaled Camille Saint-Saens’ Cello Concerto No. 1 in a few days, and so made her debut with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. She joins DZFE’s Daniel on MAESTRO FILIPINO (Sat 1200, Sun 00, Thu 2000) to talk about the music...

Q: What is adoption? A: Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 34 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.

Celebrating 75 years of Philippine-French ties, conductor Michaël Cousteau led the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra in A French-ship Concert, highlighting a triumvirate of French musical giants: Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel. That was not the only cause for celebration, as the concert saw the PPO return to the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo of the Cultural Center of the Phil...

Q: What is justification? A: Justification is an act of God’s free grace, wherein he pardons all our sins, and accepts us as righteous in His sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.  — Westminster Shorter Catechism 33 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. This weekly series is presented by Pilgri...

True to the spirit of chamber music intimacy, the Manila Piano Trio patiently waited for a year until they could perform in-person for Sunshine Classics. The concert, which took place last July 15, has now been made available online. Shortly before their performance, DZFE's Daniel spoke with two members of the trio—pianist Dr. Abelardo Galang and cellist Anjo Inacay—about the history of the gr...

Q: What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life A: They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them.’ — Westminster Shorter Catechism 32   Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. T...

Last year, Manila Pianos Artist Series put out a call for bass clarinetists to take on Bach’s suites for unaccompanied cello. The call was answered: last April, this exploration of Bach’s Cello Suites, transcribed for bass clarinet, was inaugurated with a performance by John Vincent Burgos. This series will soon see its second installment, so ahead of that, DZFE’s Daniel spent time with Burgos to...

Q: What is effectual calling?  A: Effectual calling is the work of God’s Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he does persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.  — Westminster Shorter Catechism 31 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechis...

Last July 9, soprano Lizzie Bett Estrada performed with pianist Nathan Gemina for the Artists and Friends Series of the Friends for Cultural Concerns of the Philippines. The event was but one of her recent performances, which Estrada shares with us on this edition of MAESTRO FILIPINO. We also hear some of her music, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165. DZFE’s Daniel is...

Q: How does the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? A: The Spirit applies to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling. — Westminster Shorter Catechism 30 Journey with Pastor James Chu through the Westminster Shorter Catechism in HOLY & HAPPY. This weekly series is presented by Pilgrim Community C...

Over the past two years, guitarists Monching Carpio and Adrik Cristobal have steadily cultivated their online presence, while pursuing different paths. Now the two come together as they return to in-person performance at the Yuchengco Museum. Ahead of that event—entitled Serenata Española—Carpio and Cristobal joined DZFE’s Daniel to talk about the Spanish music they will be presenting, the reasons...