Entering its ninth summer, the High Peaks Festival has switched peaks: After years in the Catskills, the educational program of Close Encounters With Music (CEWM) has taken up residence in […]
https://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cewm-LOGO-500W-e1616258321720.jpg501501Blake Stanyonhttps://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CEWM-Logo-Purple-340w.pngBlake Stanyon2018-05-31 20:08:002021-05-18 09:18:45Berkshire High Peaks Festival Preview
Great Barrington — The first concert of season 26 for Close Encounters With Music (CEWM) on October 21 was billed as an event of titanic significance. “Genre bending masterworks performed […]
https://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cewm-LOGO-500W-e1616258321720.jpg501501Blake Stanyonhttps://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CEWM-Logo-Purple-340w.pngBlake Stanyon2017-10-21 10:07:002021-05-18 09:18:58Review: Schumann, Brahms piano quintets: Truly performances at Close Encounters with Music
Great Barrington – The last thing you expect to get from a chamber music performance is a lesson in conducting. But that’s essentially what violinist Julian Rachlin gave the audience […]
https://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cewm-LOGO-500W-e1616258321720.jpg501501Blake Stanyonhttps://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CEWM-Logo-Purple-340w.pngBlake Stanyon2016-12-07 11:33:002021-05-18 09:19:13Review: Passionate Music, Ardent Performance at Close Encounters with Music
FROM BACH TO BACHIANAS: Songs Without Words •Yehuda Hanani (vc); Eliot Fisk (gtr) •ALBANY 1510 (78:00) Regular readers of this publication are bound to know that I’m not generally receptive […]
https://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cewm-LOGO-500W-e1616258321720.jpg501501Blake Stanyonhttps://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CEWM-Logo-Purple-340w.pngBlake Stanyon2015-01-22 11:08:002021-05-18 09:20:31Yehuda Hanani: From Back to Bachianas: Songs Without Words on Albany
By Eli Newberger Great Barrington – On arriving at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center shortly before intermission on October 25, your reviewer was shown to a seat in the back […]
Me: “How long have you two been together?” Yoffe: “Too long.” Me: ‘What is it like when the two of you practice? Do you fight a lot?” Yoffe: “It’s beautiful.” […]
https://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cewm-LOGO-500W-e1616258321720.jpg501501Blake Stanyonhttps://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CEWM-Logo-Purple-340w.pngBlake Stanyon2013-12-01 11:08:002021-05-18 09:21:12Beautiful, Horrible: A Close Encounter with Vadim Gluzman and Angela Yoffe by Jason Victor Serinus
Sharon Smullen, Special to the Eagle Charles Caine designed costumes for Berkshire soprano Maureen O’Flynn, above left, as Mimi in ‘La Boheme’ at the former Berkshire Opera Company. (Eagle file) […]
By David Scribner The Berkshires are home to distinguished cultural events, but none so brilliant, perhaps, as the chamber music series, Close Encounters with Music, that opens its 21st season […]
https://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cewm-LOGO-500W-e1616258321720.jpg501501Blake Stanyonhttps://cewm.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/CEWM-Logo-Purple-340w.pngBlake Stanyon2012-10-19 10:46:002021-05-18 09:21:42Music that Illuminates: Close Encounters Offers Classical to Cutting Edge
Berkshire High Peaks Festival Preview
Entering its ninth summer, the High Peaks Festival has switched peaks: After years in the Catskills, the educational program of Close Encounters With Music (CEWM) has taken up residence in […]
Review: Schumann, Brahms piano quintets: Truly performances at Close Encounters with Music
Great Barrington — The first concert of season 26 for Close Encounters With Music (CEWM) on October 21 was billed as an event of titanic significance. “Genre bending masterworks performed […]
Review: Passionate Music, Ardent Performance at Close Encounters with Music
Great Barrington – The last thing you expect to get from a chamber music performance is a lesson in conducting. But that’s essentially what violinist Julian Rachlin gave the audience […]
Yehuda Hanani: From Back to Bachianas: Songs Without Words on Albany
FROM BACH TO BACHIANAS: Songs Without Words •Yehuda Hanani (vc); Eliot Fisk (gtr) •ALBANY 1510 (78:00) Regular readers of this publication are bound to know that I’m not generally receptive […]
Review: A Brief Encounter with Sublime Mozart
By Eli Newberger Great Barrington – On arriving at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center shortly before intermission on October 25, your reviewer was shown to a seat in the back […]
Beautiful, Horrible: A Close Encounter with Vadim Gluzman and Angela Yoffe by Jason Victor Serinus
Me: “How long have you two been together?” Yoffe: “Too long.” Me: ‘What is it like when the two of you practice? Do you fight a lot?” Yoffe: “It’s beautiful.” […]
The Berkshire Eagle
Sharon Smullen, Special to the Eagle Charles Caine designed costumes for Berkshire soprano Maureen O’Flynn, above left, as Mimi in ‘La Boheme’ at the former Berkshire Opera Company. (Eagle file) […]
Music that Illuminates: Close Encounters Offers Classical to Cutting Edge
By David Scribner The Berkshires are home to distinguished cultural events, but none so brilliant, perhaps, as the chamber music series, Close Encounters with Music, that opens its 21st season […]