Musica Reginae: A Baroque Celebration – Vivaldi 'Four Seasons' & Bach D minor Keyboard Concerto
$20 ($10 student); fees apply for online orders
- Sunyoung Graves, violin
- Sarah Pratt-Parsamian, violin
- William Hakim, viola
- Robert Burkhart, cello
- Barbara Podgurski, harpsichord & piano
Johann Sebastian Bach — Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
A mid-winter treat featuring Vivaldi's beloved Four Seasons – Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, as well as the most famous of all Baroque keyboard concertos, Bach's D minor Concerto for keyboard and string orchestra. This concert features scoring for string orchestra, harpsichord and piano.
About Musica Reginae
Founded in 2000, Musica Reginae Productions (MRP) brings innovative programming and world-renowned artists to concert spaces in Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the world. MRP's mission is to be "Your natural choice for fine music in Queens."
MRP produces affordable, informative, and family-friendly concerts featuring music that draws its inspiration from the classical, chamber, opera, jazz, and world music literature. Our concerts provide a venue for talented and exciting young and established artists and we have become increasingly devoted to presenting new music by emerging composers, particularly those who have an affiliation with NYC and with our home borough of Queens. MRP fulfills its educational outreach mission with its Community Concerts for Kids, a free interactive, educational series for children and families ages 4 and up, led by teaching artists Beata Moon and MRP Artistic Director Barbara Podgurski. In addition, our artists perform at several public events every year including the 9/11 ceremonies in lower Manhattan and have also performed for Pope Francis during his Papal Visit of 2015.
About Sunyoung Graves, violin
About Sarah Pratt-Parsamian, violin
Originally from Listowel, ON, and currently based in New York, NY, acclaimed violinist Sarah Pratt-Parsamian enjoys a diverse and exciting musical career. She has been a prizewinner at the Jeunesses Musicales International Violin Competition, and Silver Medal winner in the Canadian National Music Competition. At the age of 14 she made her solo debut with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra at the Guelph Spring Festival in Ontario, and since has performed as soloist with orchestras in Canada and the U.S., including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa. Recent highlights include a riveting performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra, (Stratford, ON).