
Igor Stravinsky’s Iconic Masterpiece: L’Histore Du Soldat
Press Releases Saturday, December 5 at 6 PM Close Encounters With Music will bring all the magic and inspiration of A Soldier’s Tale! to life in its annual holiday concert with renowned English baritone Benjamin Luxon narrating the classic tale. This theatrical…

“Music Rooms of the Gilded Age”
Press Releases Close Encounters’ Conversations With… series opens Sunday, October 11, 2 PM, at Ventfort Hall, Lenox, with Music Rooms of the Gilded Age. Harvey Rosenberg, professor of the History of Interior Design and Architecture at FIT/SUNY for 25…

Celebration and Discovery: New Season Highlights Chopin Bicentennial with Works by Contemporaries
Press Releases A smart blend of classical, contemporary, and cutting edge from October through May Saturday, October 17 marks the beginning of the highly anticipated 2009-2010 Close Encounters With Music season in the Berkshires. In its 18th year, Close…

A Night of Quartets
Press Releases Close Encounters With Music continues its 18th season with The Avalon String Quartet (“Engrossed, impassioned and imaginative…” –The New York Times) on Saturday, February 20, 6PM offering A Night of Quartets, a striking program of works…

Celebration and Discovery: New Season Highlights Mendelssohn Bicentennial with Works by Contemporaries
Press Releases A smart blend of classical, contemporary, and cutting edge awaits from October through May In its 17th season in the Berkshires, Close Encounters With Music offers up six innovative and captivating programs of chamber music, forty-five performers,…

Celebrating Mendelssohn…and Discovering Eduard Franck! Close Encounters With Music Schedules American Premieres: Works of Forgotten 19th Century Composer Eduard Franck, Mendelssohn Student and Colleague. 200th Anniversary of Felix’s Birth Prompts Revival and Re-evaluation
Press Releases (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) –To coincide with the Mendelssohn anniversary year of 2009 (born February 3, 1809 in Hamburg) Berkshire-based chamber music organization Close Encounters With Music is planning festivities in several cities, beginning…

Trio Program Explores Mysticism and Timelessness in Music
Press ReleasesAPRIL 12, 2008 -- Transcendental Night features acclaimed pianist Walter Ponce, violinist Yehonatan Berick and cellist Yehuda Hanani performing a program that explores mysticism and timelessness in music. The recital includes Beethoven’s Ghost Trio, Rachmaninoff’s Trio Elegiaque, piano works by Franz Liszt and Alexander Scriabin and the world premiere of Jorge Martin’s Recuerda (To Remember) for solo cello. A reception with the artists will follow the performance.
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