Postcards From NY - An Evening of Chamber Music
Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 7:30pm
An evening of chamber music for piano and strings featuring original members of MRP's roster of performers as well as some new friends. The program is about visiting New York and includes works by those who would "come and go" through NY for both work and play. The witty and beautiful Postcards from NY will be performed as well as works by Colin Pip Dixon, Rolando Garza-Rodriguez and Dvorak's Piano Quintet. Composers in attendance will announce and introduce their works.
PROGRAM:
Colin Pip Dixon.....Postcards from New York
Colin Pip Dixon.....Invocation - A Prayer for Peace
Rolando Garza-Rodríguez.......For Those Gone Too Soon
Rolando Garza-Rodríguez.....Réquiem y Transfiguración
Rolando Garza-Rodríguez....New York I. LOVE. you (world premiere)
Rolando Garza-Rodríguez....Canto a mi tristeza (world premiere)
Antonin Dvorak.....PIano Quintet in A Major, op. 81
More info on the rest of the season may be found by visiting musicareginae.org. Advance ticket purchase is recommended but tickets will be available at the door starting one hour prior to performance. Cash and credit card accepted at the door.
Artists:
Daniel Constant, violin
Colin Pip Dixon, violin and guest composer
Katie Kresek, violin
Arnaud Ghillebaert, viola
Jessica Constant, cello
Barbara Podgurski, piano
Rolando Garza Rodríguez, piano and guest composer
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.