Coffee Concert #4
Roberto Minczuk, Music Director
Amy Owens, Soprano
Michael Hix, Baritone
Bach: Air on the G String
Bach: Cantata No. 211, “Coffee Cantata”
Bach: Cantata No. 51
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4
Johann Sebastian Bach composed more than 200 cantatas, many written on a weekly basis for the Lutheran services he directed in Leipzig. This delightful spring program reveals the remarkable breadth of his artistry, from the timeless beauty of the Air on the G String and the brilliance of his Fourth Orchestral Suite to two contrasting cantatas: the virtuosic Cantata No. 51 and the charming, lighthearted “Coffee Cantata,” one of Bach's most entertaining secular works. Join the NMPhil for a morning celebrating the genius, wit, and enduring beauty of one of music's greatest masters.