Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Great Barrington,
MA
Kevin Cobb
Saturday,
October 20, 6:00 pm
Vivaldi for All Seasons! Ornate, fresh, unpredictable and uninhibited--and most of all,
unabashedly and sensually Venetian! Canaletto's bridges and canals
assume musical shape as esteemed soloists and the Camerata San Marco (an
all-woman ensemble fashioned after Vivaldi's La Pieta orphanage players)
present the exuberance of Venice and one ots premier sons in a rare Double
Concerto Night: Double violin, double cello, double trumpet
concertos and Handel's double sonata for two cellos. Stephen
Dankner's new Fanfare for CEWM heralds the opening of the season.
Saturday,
December 1, 6:00
pm
Slavic Wonders: Feasts and Saints in Early Moscow,
Krakow and Prague
The superb 12-member Rose Ensemble returns by popular demand with a
performance featuring choral virtuosity of 17th Century Russia, Poland and
Bohemia. Dazzling Eastern European polyphony underscores the glory
of Renaissance and Baroque music--with medieval fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, and
recorder accompaniment. The Rose is a daring and inventive group,
captivating audiences with virtuosic performances that evoke a rich
tapestry of language, culture, legends and history.
"A
supernatural blend of voices, beauty of tone, and rhythmic acuity."
-- Early Music America Magazine
Saturday, February 23, 6:00
pm
City Lights/Rural Utopia--Urban and Pastoral Music Bucolic music
has always been associated with the flute, evoking Pan, Arcadia,
shepherds, sounds of the woods, meadows, and the breath of the
outdoors. Here it will be juxtaposed with angular, urban music, the
quickened, jazzy pulse of the large city. The Berkshire premier of Urban
Quartet by Frederick Kaufman and works by Copland, Couperin, Weber,
Debussy, and Bach. Flutist Eugenia Zukerman makes her series debut.
Of
all the arts, music is the one that best communicates mysticism and
timelessness, poignantly evoking the past and reaching for the essence of
our existence. Beethoven's Ghost Trio, Rachmaninoff's Trio
Elegiac,
Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F minor, and Scriabin's Sonata No. 5,
opus 53. Also featuring world premiere of Jorge Martin's Recuerda,
bridging East and West, and the departed with those who remember."There's
a palpable mystique about these Close Encounters concerts"--
Berkshire Eagle
Saturday, April
26, 6:00
pm
Guitar/Cello Recital with Eliot Fisk and Yehuda Hanani
The
guitar, the most prominent instrument of the Renaissance, and the cello,
which had its flowering in the 19th century, will blend sonorities of
plucked and bowed strings. Virtuoso music by Schubert, Boccherini,
Valentini, De Falla, Villa-Lobos and Piazzolla.
"If
there is another guitarist in the world who can match the technical
accomplishment of the American Eliot Fisk, I should be surprised." --
The Times of London
Musical fireworks, passion, vertiginous speed, and laughter through
tears are hallmarks of Romanian and Gypsy music. Gypsy themes in
Haydn's Piano Trio in G Major, Brahms' Piano Quartet in G minor, Ravel's Tzigane,
and David Popper's Rhapsody provide a map to a certain world of
poetic and passionate melancholy. A cameo appearance by Bizet's famous
gypsy, Carmen, in the guise of Metropolitan mezzo-soprano Lucille
Beer.
Online
ticket purchase available until noon concert day.
Adult
$40 Adult
$125
(Includes Reserved Patron Seating and Patron's Reception)
Rose Ensemble
SPECIAL
CHILDREN'S CONCERT
Sunday, December 2 - 9:30 am
St. James Church, Chatham, NY
Discovering Ancient Harmonies While helping kids to uncover the beauty of ancient music, the Rose
Ensemble's light-hearted and informative style of presentation uses
contemporary themes to describe what it was like for people to live, work,
and make music in culturally linguistically diverse Eastern Europe and its
colorful early years.
Close Encounters With Music supports the renaissance of the South
Berkshires by presenting ALL six concerts this season at the landmark
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, now restored to its turn-of-the century
charm. Situated in the heart of Great Barrington's historic
district, the Mahaiwe offers modern comfort in the nostalgic atmosphere of
a 100-year-old theater.
Great Barrington, Stockbridge, and Lenox are within 2-1/2 hours of scenic driving
from Boston and New York City. Parking is readily available.
