The Coffee Classics Series allows patrons to experience matinee performances of several Hilliard Lyons Classics Series by exploring the orchestral music ranging from the well known masterpieces of Mendelssohn and Beethoven to new contemporary compositions.

This series was programmed by Maestro Mester, especially for you.

Coffee Classics subscriptions include 8 concerts. All concerts will take place on Thursday mornings at 10:30a.m.(except Fanfara) Free Heine Brothers Coffee and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts are served prior to each performance.

Pre-concert conversations, led by Angela Fitzpatrick, will begin at 9:30a.m. in the Mary Anderson Room.

 

2008-2009 Coffee Classics Season

 

Fanfara

Saturday, September 13, 2008

 8:30PM - Whitney Hall

 Jorge Mester, Conductor

 Edgar Meyer, Double Bass

 George Enescu   Romanian Rapsody No. 1 in A Major, op.11

 Giovanni Bottesini   Double Bass Concerto No. 2 in B Minor

 Edgar Meyer   Concerto for Double Bass in D

 Modest Mussorgsky/ orch. Ravel   Pictures at an Exhibition

 

 

 

The Planets

Thursday, October 02, 2008

 10:30 AM - Whitney Hall

 Jorge Mester, Conductor

 Kent Hatteberg, Choirmaster

Claude Debussy   Nocturnes

Gustav Host   The Planets

 

 

 

Brahms Piano Concerto 2

Thursday, November 06, 2008

10:30 AM - Whitney Hall

 JoAnn Falletta, Conductor

 Robert Thies, Piano

 

Giacchino Rossini   Overture to The Barber of Seville

 John Corigliano   Phantasmagoria: Suite from The Ghost of Versailles

 Johannes Brahms   Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, op. 83

 

 

 

 

Beethoven 3

Thursday, November 20, 2008

10:30 AM - Whitney Hall

Jorge Mester , Conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven   Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43

Richard Strauss   Metamorphosen, TrV 290

Ludwig van Beethoven   Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, op. 55 (Eroica)

 

Violins & Voodoo

Thursday, February 19, 2009

10:30 AM - Whitney Hall

Jason Weinberger , Conductor

Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) , Violin

Alberto Ginastera   Variaciones concertantes, op. 23

Daniel Bernard Roumain   Voodoo Violin Concerto No. 1

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky   Symphony No, 2 in C Minor (Little Russian)

 

 

 

Pipa Highlights

Thursday, March 26, 2009

10:30AM - Whitney Hall

Joana Carneiro , Conductor

Gao Hong , Pipa

Tan Dun   Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa

 

 

Shostakovich 6

Thursday, April 09, 2009

10:30AM - Whitney Hall

Jorge Mester , Conductor

Matt Haimovitz , Cello

Paul Hindemith   Nobilissima visione: Suite

Edward Elgar   Concerto for Violincello in E Minor, op. 85

Dmitri Shostakovich   Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, op.54

 

 

Symphonie Fantastique

Thursrday, April 23, 2009

10:30AM - Whitney Hall

Jorge Mester, Conductor

Kathryn Eberle, Violin

Aleksander Raskatov   Five Minutes in the Life of W.A. Mozart

Jean Sibelius   Violin Concerto in D Minor, op.47

Hector Berlioz   Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

 

 

For information about the Hilliard Lyons Classics Series click here.