Great Barrington Berkshires Scottsdale Classical & Chamber Music Series Close Encounters With Music

Concert Dates -  2007  October 20December 12008  February 23 March 15 | April 26May 24

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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.

Artists:
Lionel Party, harpsichord; Jonathan Keren and Cordelia Hagmann, violins; Yehuda Hanani and Katya Janpoladyan, cellos; Kevin Cobb and Alexander White, trumpets; Lucille Beer, mezzo-soprano; Camerata San Marco

 
     
   


 


The Rose Ensemble

 
 

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

The Rose Ensemble, Medieval and Renaissance singers

 
   


 


Eugenia Zukerman

 
 

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.

Artists:
Amernet String Quartet, Eugenia Zukerman, flute; 
Michele Levin, piano; Yehuda Hanani, cello

 
   
 
 


 


Walter Ponce

 
 

Saturday, March 15, 6:00 pm
Transcendental Night
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

Artists:
Walter Ponce, piano; Yehonatan Berick, violin;
Yehuda Hanani, cello

 
   
 
 

 



Eliot Fisk

 
 

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

Artists:
Eliot Fisk, guitar ; Yehuda Hanani, cello

 
     
 

 

 


Vadim Gluzman

 
 

Saturday, May 24, 6:00 pm
Gypsy!

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. 

Dress code: Gypsy, Bravura!

Artists:
Emma Tahmiziàn, piano; Vadim Gluzman, violin; Michael Klotz, viola; Yehuda Hanani; cello; Lucille Beer, mezzo-soprano

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.

Rose Ensemble, Medieval and Renaissance singers

   


Photo Michael Lavin Flower 

About Our Location

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.
 

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