The Tchaikovsky Festival kicks off with the vibrant Polonaise from one of the composer’s most famous operas. Then, Olga Kern in the dramatic and intense Piano Concerto No. 1. The first festival concert ends with a musical excursion through the forces of fate, with blazing brass, bassoons, and sumptuous strings in Symphony No. 4.
Tchaikovsky Festival! Your NMPhil starts the season with the majestic and sublime sounds of Tchaikovsky. Enjoy three concerts of iconic music by the Romantic Russian master, including some of his most famous works and featuring pianists Olga Kern and Sylvia Thereza.
From the gracefulness of some of the most beloved movements from Tchaikovsky’s Ballets to the fate-infused Symphony No. 5 full of passion and intensity, enjoy an afternoon of sublime themes and orchestral sound with your New Mexico Philharmonic.
The virtuosic “Cossack Dance;” Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto; the full-of-passion Romeo & Juliet, Overture-Fantasy; and the exuberant and explosive 1812 Overture conclude the Tchaikovsky Festival, an array of some of the composer’s most loved music.
A master of the bandoneón, Argentinian-born Richard Scofano is the descendant of three generations of bandoneónists who grew up in the center of the folk traditions and culture of Northeast Argentina in a home constantly filled with musicians and singers. His performance of Piazzolla as well as his own La Tierra Sin Mal will leave you astonished! The program also includes Ginastera’s Four Dances from Estancia and the dynamic, unforgettable Las noches de los mayas by Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas.
Love, seduction, death, and survival are all encompassed in Richard Strauss’s tone poem Don Juan. This musical tour de force leaves the narrative of the classic story to the listener and features amazing musicians from the New Mexico Philharmonic in some of the most beautiful orchestral solos ever written. Then, the romantic Ballade written by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a British composer known for his rich orchestral works and brilliant instrumental writing. The concert concludes with the shimmering music evocative of the legend of Scheherazade, the wife who fended off her certain death by telling amazing stories for a thousand and one nights.
Beethoven’s almost 200-year-old Symphony No. 9 in d minor remains an astonishing landmark in the history of music as perhaps the greatest, best loved, and most well-known classical work of all time. The concert starts with a work co-comissioned by the NMPhil, in conjunction with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, by contemporary Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid.
It's a night of Nouveau Flamenco! The New Mexico Philharmonic, welcomes New Mexico’s own “million-fingered” guitar virtuoso! Experience a flamenco-driven fusion of styles and genres in an amazing evening of music. With 38 Gold and Platinum Records, the music of Ottmar Liebert will wrap you in rhythm all night!
Romanian cellist Andrei Ioniță, winner of the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, is soloist in Dvořák’s sublime and passionate Cello Concerto. Then, it’s Maurice Ravel’s joyful and impassioned Suites from Daphnis et Chloé, a visceral experience through the rich sound tapestry of what Ravel called a “choreographic symphony.”
Celebrate your Fourth of July weekend among the verdant ambiance of the Botanical Garden of the ABQ BioPark with the NMPhil! Enjoy a program of Americana featuring works by the march master, John Philip Sousa; the cinematic brilliance of John Williams; the cannonade of Pyotr Tchaikovsky; and much more. Bring a picnic or purchase dinner from the Shark Reef Café to enjoy in the grass. Get tickets today!
You can hear those famous first four notes in your head right now, can’t you? Dum dum dum dahhh. During World War II, those notes were converted to Morse code, signifying the letter “V” for Victory. Continue or start your own history with that famous opening and the incomparable music that follows with your NMPhil performing Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the work that made its composer a superstar in the Vienna music scene of the early eighteen hundreds. And when the concert is in a church, why not play the organ? Maxine Thévenot serves as your guide for Handel’s B-flat Organ Concerto, one of six organ concerti composed by the Baroque genius.
It’s a FREE family-friendly July 4th musical celebration under the stars! Live music returns to Rio Rancho’s Sky Room Performing Arts Space, as the City of Rio Rancho presents a spirited night of America’s favorite music with your NMPhil! From Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, music from Star Wars, Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, and so much more, this evening of patriotic and classical favorites is sure to delight all who attend. Our Grammy® Award-winning Music Director Roberto Minczuk conducts!
Join your New Mexico Philharmonic for a concert among the flowers at the Albuquerque Botanical Garden! Enjoy the start of the Labor Day weekend with Music Director Roberto Minczuk and an NMPhil performance featuring a wide selection appropriate for the surrounding space featuring music by Copland, John Williams, Elfman and much more, relax and enjoy a perfect night of marvelous music among the flowers! Bring a blanket and picnic dinner and help celebrate together!
Happy birthday, Rachmaninoff! The New Mexico Philharmonic celebrates the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth with two of the Russian master’s most stellar compositions. First up, the Second Piano Concerto—a perennial audience favorite—with 2022 Olga Kern International Piano Competition winner Jonathan Mamora. Closing out the evening is the striking and dramatic Symphony No. 1, whose disastrous premiere almost caused Rachmaninoff to swear off composing all together! Music Director Roberto Minczuk leads the orchestra in the 2023/24 Popejoy Hall Classics opening concert.
It is one of the most hummable works of the classical canon Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony. An old favorite of orchestra audiences, the symphony conveys Mendelssohn’s impressions of Italy and the Mediterranean region during an 1830–31 visit. Enjoy the famous opening scherzo for yourself! Music Director Roberto Minczuk leads the orchestra in a program also including Daniel Steven Crafts’s Eighteenth Symphony, a new work.
Lively, brilliant, whimsical. The New Mexico Philharmonic presents an evening of capriccios! NMPhil concertmaster Cármelo de los Santos performs the virtuosic Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso of Saint-Saëns. Also on the program, two Russian composers’ takes on the folk tunes of Spain and Italy: the brightly orchestrated Capriccio espagnol of Rimsky-Korsakov and the Capriccio Italien of Tchaikovsky, inspired by a soul-healing trip the composer took to Rome. Music Director Roberto Minczuk leads the evening, which ends with Puccini's, Capriccio Sinfonica as a 100 year tribute to the composer's death.
Violin virtuoso Jennifer Frautschi is soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, one of the most loved violin concertos in the repertoire and nicknamed “Turkish.” Then, from gallantry to misfortune—austerity to intricacy—misery to serenity, experience the many ways that massive chunks of sound transform in Gustav Mahler’s exceptional Symphony No. 1. Hear and see your NMPhil play “The Titan” in all of its glory!
The New Mexico Philharmonic welcomes back renowned star violinist Yoonshin Song for a stunning performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Also on the program is a new work for strings by Diné-American composer and Pulitzer Prize winner Raven Chacon. Rounding out the evening is the tortured Brahms Symphony No. 1, a work that took the composer more than 21 years to finalize! Music Director Roberto Minczuk conducts.
Each year, the Music Guild of New Mexico holds the Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition for Piano and Strings, giving musicians ages 10 to 21 the opportunity to compete for a chance to perform with your NMPhil! Hear two first-place winners each perform a concerto with the orchestra, led by Music Director Roberto Minczuk. And hear Haydn’s spirited, energetic Symphony No. 88, a 1787 masterpiece.
Tonight, we celebrate the dance! The NMPhil opens the concert with the Scythian Suite of Prokofiev, whose music was written and, notably, rejected for a Diaghilev-commissioned ballet. Next up, we welcome back 2016 Olga Kern International Piano Competition second-prize winner Anna Dmytrenko for an exciting performance of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a work used in many 20th-century ballets. And then, music from the ballet to end all ballets: The Rite of Spring. Music Director Roberto Minczuk conducts.
As we draw the 2023/24 season to a close, we are delighted to welcome violinist Grace Park to the Popejoy Hall stage in a fiery interpretation of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor. Opening the show is the bombastic Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila followed by more music by Khachaturian, his Spartacus Suite No. 2. Ending the night is Respighi’s colorful and evocative Pines of Rome. Music Director Roberto Minczuk conducts.
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