NMPhil Power Concert 2

Power Concert 2: Fire & Ice

Sunday February 2, 2025, 3:00pm

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 114 Carlisle Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 

Roberto Minczuk Music Director

In the second Power Concert of the season, we pair the questioning of Charles Ives with the determination and grit of Dmitri Shostakovich. The artistry of the string, brass, and wind sections are on full display in Ives’s reflective The Unanswered Question, where we find that no matter how important the questions, sometimes there are just no answers. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, arguably his most popular work, is a marvel of symphonic form that landed the composer a rare win: It was a triple threat of success, managing to satisfy music critics, audiences, and most surprisingly, Russian government officials.

Music Director Roberto Minczuk leads the orchestra through the second and fourth movements of this masterpiece.