NMPHIL - 2024/25 Coffee Concert Series - four concerts

NM Philharmonic Coffee Concert Series

Your NM Philharmonic continues the Friday morning concert series and offers a discounted subscription to all concerts!

Whether you don't work on Fridays, are retired, or simply taking the day off - our Coffee Concerts will get your weekend off to a great start.

And, YES, there will be free coffee!

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Friday, October 25, 2024, 10:45 a.m. - Dvořák’s Serenade

First United Methodist Church

Roberto Minczuk, Music Director

Golijov: Last Round

Dvořák: Serenade for Strings

A serenade can be defined as a musical work to be performed outdoors on a beautiful evening. Antonín Dvořákhelped define the genre with his five-movement serenade from 1875. Hear this work along with Osvaldo Golijov’s tango-flavored Last Round.

Friday, December 13, 2024, 10:45 a.m. - Mozart’s Gran Partita

First United Methodist Church

Roberto Minczuk, Music Director

Mozart: Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita”

Brass Work TBD

Among his most beloved works, Mozart’s “Gran Partita” is a cornerstone of works written primarily for woodwinds and brass. Aside from its high standing with audiences, the work is also notable for featuring the basset horn, a member of the clarinet family but pitched a perfect fourth lower than a clarinet, which was a favorite instrument of Mozart’s. Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Strauss would later foster a brief revival for this rare instrument. The Brass will bring festive sounds just in time for the holidays.

Friday, February 7, 2025,10:45 a.m. - The Heavenly Harpsichord

First United Methodist Church

Sean Duggan, keyboard

Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1

Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 2

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

With its unmistakable sound, the harpsichord dominated music from 18th-century parlors to the music of the Beatles. But the instrument arguably never had a better friend than J.S. Bach. Hear two of the master’s concertos for harpsichord and the harpsichord-laden Fifth Brandenburg Concerto. Father Sean Duggan, a monk and a specialist in Bach’s keyboard repertoire, serves as soloist.

Friday, April 18, 2025,10:45 a.m. - Beethoven’s Sixth

First United Methodist Church

Roberto Minczuk, Music Director

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”

Beethoven wrote his pastoral symphony at the same time as the much-more dramatic Fifth Symphony. A nature lover at heart, his Sixth Symphony is rooted in the outdoors, including capturing birdsong in the score, and is one of only a few works of Beethoven’s that could be considered program music.

The NM Philharmonic team