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Close Encounters with Music Presents “Magyar!” Liszt, Brahms, Bartok and Authentic Hungarian Folk Music

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. —Musical fireworks, passion, and vertiginous speed are hallmarks of Hungarian and Gypsy music. From the cimbalom, the national folk instrument of Hungary, to the sophistication of Liszt’s fiery “Rhapsody” and…

Close Encounters with Music Presents the Linden String Quartet & Friends in Works of Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Standouts in a chamber music landscape that is populated by exceptional young string quartets, the Linden has been heard at festivals from Ravinia to Caramoor, Banff, and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, and at…

Close Encounters with Music Presents “The Miraculous Violin: an Evening with Vadim Gluzman and Angela Yoffe”

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — In technique and sensibility, violinist Vadim Gluzman harkens back to the Golden Age of violinists of the 19th and 20th centuries, while demonstrating the passion and energy of the 21st century. Lauded by both critics…

Close Encounters with Music Opens 2013-2014 Season with “Anatomy of a Melody” – Beethoven, Brahms and World Premiere of Paul Schoenfield “Shaatnez” Popular Tune Migrates from Operetta to Concert Stage, Plus Brahms Symphonic-Scale Piano Quartet

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — In a musical conversation stretching across three centuries, a tune from Viennese operetta surfaces in a Beethoven piano trio and yet again in a newly penned piece by American composer Paul Schoenfield. Both will…

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Footlights at the Met – A Peek Behind the Curtain with International Costume Designer Charles Caine Historic Theatrical Fashions, Jewelry and Memorabilia

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Do artifacts make the artist? Can tiaras and swashbuckling ensembles make the star? Couture meets backstage drama in an afternoon presented by Close Encounters With Music and The Mount, as international costume designer Charles Caine offers…

Close Encounters with Music Opens 22nd Season with its Signature Mix of Innovative Programs – Paul Schoenfield World Premier October 19; Celebrity Talks, Film-In-Progress, Fireside Concert; Collaborations, Celebrations

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Parade of Violin and Piano Virtuosos, Stars of Opera and the Chamber Music World in Concert at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington and Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, Fall, Winter, Spring 2013-2014 Historic Met Costumes Presented…

“White Nights” Program Highlights Russian Melodic Mastery: Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikosky

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Celebrating “White Nights” of the Russian tradition, two charismatic international performers—pianist Vassily Primakov and cellist Yehuda Hanani—join forces to present a program of Russian masters Rachmaninoff,…

Close Encounters’ “Nordic Lights: Grieg Revival”

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LENOX, Mass. – Fjords, forests and fairy tales will be conjured up in an evening of music and readings, Saturday, June 8, at 6 PM at Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall in Lenox, Mass. “Nordic Lights: Grieg Revival,” the final Close Encounters…