The Four Seasons: North Meets South

The Four Seasons: North Meets South - Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 7pm

A unique concert for string quartet and piano exploring works that were inspired by the four seasons in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, including the music of Antonio Vivaldi, Astor Piazzola and Queens-based French composer Clarisse Valbon.

Performing Artists: Sarah Pratt Parsamian (violin), Mia Laity (violin), Will Hakim (viola), Robert Burkhart (cello) and Barbara Podgurski (piano) with guest composer Clarisse Valbon in attendance

Program:

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

• Concerto No. 1 in E Major, op. 8, RV 269, "La Primavera" (Spring)
• Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 8, RV 315, "L'estate" (Summer)
• Concerto No. 3 in F Major, op. 8, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn)
• Concerto No. 4 in F minor, op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter)

Clarisse Valbon: À Travers l'Aube (Through the Dawn)

Astor Piazzola: Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)

• Otoño Porteño (Autumn)
• Invierno Porteño (Winter)
• Primavera Porteña (Spring)
• Verano Porteño (Summer)

About Musica Reginae Productions:

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. MRP is able to present top-notch performances each season because of the support it receives from individual and corporate sponsors in addition to partial funding from the Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts and NYC & Co.

For more information about our current season and to learn about all the concerts, educational childrens programming and the Musica Reginae Youth Chamber Ensemble (MRYCE) that are part of who we are and what we do in our Queens communities, please visit musicareginae.org and like/follow us on Instagram and Facebook.

Host or Publisher Musica Reginae Productions