A gala to say "thank you!": We're closing out the season with the *Missa solemnis*
A gala to say “thank you!”: We close the season with the *Missa solemnis* Some seasons are remembered for a particular work, a soloist, a premiere, or an especially exciting evening. But no season would be possible without you—who choose to be there to listen. For 48 years, the audience of the Minería Symphony […]
Suspense, virtuosity, and a puppet that drives the orchestra to distraction: keys to appreciating Program 8 of the Minería Symphony Orchestra
The Minería Symphony Orchestra’s 2026 Summer Season reaches its eighth program with three works in which the music seems to refuse to stand still. *Trajín*, by Alejandra Odgers, transforms a musical argument into orchestral energy. Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 was composed in anticipation of a […]
Mozart, Mozart, and Mozart
The Minería Symphony Orchestra’s 2026 Summer Season reaches its seventh program with a concert devoted entirely to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Three works take us through very different periods of his career: Symphony No. 33 transports us to Salzburg in 1779 and explores his possible connection to a theater company […]
Mystery, grace, and an unexpected drum roll: keys to appreciating Program 6 of the Minería Symphony Orchestra
The Minería Symphony Orchestra’s 2026 Summer Season reaches its sixth program with three works that share a common trait: each one offers a surprise right from the opening bars. Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony opens with a musical question that history took decades to resolve. The Violin Concerto No. 4 by […]
