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SUMMARY:Musica Latina
DESCRIPTION:Classical Spanish and Flamenco dancer and choreographer Irene Rodriguez has been the leading figure of Spanish dance in Cuba. Described as “an intense\, exacting dancer” by the New York Times\, she exudes charisma and artistic excitement. In addition to a new dance work that will be specifically choreographed for Close Encounters\, she is joined by violinist Giora Schmidt\, pianist Max Levinson\, guitarist Christian Puig\, and Yehuda Hanani in repertoire ranging from Sarasate\, Granados\, de Falla\, Manuel Ponce to Astor Piazzolla and Cuban composer Jorge Martin. \n“The performance is a kaleidoscope of sizzling Latin American and Spanish folklore and rhythm – with original choreography by the magnificent Cuban dancer Irene Rodriguez punctuating and adorning some of the music.” – Artistric director Yehuda Hanani. \nRead the press release for more details. \n\nThis concert is generously sponsored by: \nRichard and Nurit Amdur\nNeil and Kathleen Chrisman\nClaudio and Penny Pincus\nKenneth Stahl and Shirley Ripullone \nIn Person Ticket:\n\nPurchase Tickets Here \nBelow\, virtual event tickets are $28. A link will be emailed to you one week after the concert.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/musica-latina/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2021 2022
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SUMMARY:Reeds and Strings
DESCRIPTION:First oboist of the New York Philharmonic Liang Wang leads the way from Mozart’s Oboe Quartet to Cimarosa’s Oboe Concerto and Britten’s Metamorphosis. Tchaikovsky Competition winner\, violinist Itamar Zorman\, violinist Susan Heerema\, violist Michael Strauss and Yehuda Hanani perform the Beethoven String Trio in C minor\, written in his dramatic\, misterioso key. \nThis concert is generously sponsored by: \nRichards and Nurit Amsdur\nNeil and Kathleen Chrisman\nClaudio and Penny Pincus\nKenneth Stahl and Shirley Rippulone \nIn Person Tickets:\n\nPurchase Tickets Here \nBelow\, virtual event tickets are $28. A link will be emailed to you one week after the concert.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/reeds-and-strings/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2021 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220515T120000
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SUMMARY:Annual Luncheon Musicale Benefit
DESCRIPTION:**SOLD OUT** \nJoin us on May 15th at 12:00pm for our annual luncheon musicale benefit! Celebrate the Salon\, the nineteenth century institution that helped promote artists\, painters and musicians as the intellige \nntsia gathered to exchange ideas\, enhanced by gaiety and ambience. Savor a superb lunch and support Close Encounters With Music in the e \nlegance of Wyndhurst Manor (formerly known as Cranwell)\, a venerable Berkshire presence since 1916! La vie est belle! \nOur featured performer is vibraphonist\, marimbist\, improviser and composer Patricia Brennann. \nCEWM’s Commissioning Program has supported the creation and premiere of 22 new works by 18 composers. \nIf you would like to fill out and mail our RSVP card\, click here. Or simply call 800.843.0778 or email cewmusic@aol.com: Please let us know your meal preference: seared salmon\, roasted chicken breast\, vegetarian risotto. See full invitation here.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/annual-luncheon-musicale-benefit/
LOCATION:Wyndhurst Manor and Club\, 55 Lee Road\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2021 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220430T180000
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SUMMARY:SKYLARK A Cappella Vocalists: Hidden Symbols\, Secret Codes
DESCRIPTION:What might happen if Robert Langdon\, acclaimed professor of Symbology at Harvard University (and fictional hero of Dan Brown’s best-selling novels\, including The Da Vinci Code)\, were enlisted to explore hidden symbols\, secret codes\, and long-forgotten historical connections buried in manuscripts of choral music over the centuries? Join GRAMMY-nominated Skylark to find out. Featuring video introductions by author Dan Brown\, musical selections will be drawn from the ancient to the modern\, including works by Giuseppe Jannacconi (who wrote in the style of Palestrina)\, Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer Guillaume du Fay\, and Benjamin Britten. Boston-based Skylark is one of the leading vocal ensembles in the U.S.\, praised for their “gripping” performances (Times of London) and their “original\, imaginative\, and engrossing” programming. Gramophone has called them passionate…radiant…exquisite…ethereal…thrilling…stunning.” \nThis concert is dedicated to the memory of John Hoyt Stookey\, passionate music lover\, choral arts enthusiast and friend.  It was planned during his lifetime and is a tribute to his remarkable life. \nIn Person Tickets:\n\nPurchase Tickets Here\n \n  \nBelow\, virtual event tickets are $28. A link will be emailed to you one week after the concert.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/skylark-a-cappella-vocalists-hidden-symbols-secret-codes/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2021 2022
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SUMMARY:A Night of Chopin and Brahms—Presenting Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Yekwon Sunwoo
DESCRIPTION:Some of the most astounding keyboard music ever written\, Chopin’s Four Scherzi receive a masterful performance by the most recent Cliburn laureate (“superbly assured pianism” – BBC Music). He is joined by violinist Daniel Phillips\, violist Daniel Panner and cellist Yehuda Hanani for Brahms’s epic Piano Quartet Opus 25 in G minor with its intoxicating Gypsy finale. \nIn Person Tickets:\n\nPurchase Tickets Here\n \n  \nBelow\, virtual event tickets are $28. A link will be emailed to you one week after the concert.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/a-night-of-chopin-and-brahms-presenting-van-cliburn-gold-medalist-yekwon-sunwoo/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2021 2022
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SUMMARY:Folk and Baroque
DESCRIPTION:From High Baroque to village dances\, South American indigenous flavors and ethereal liturgical music\, and from the jig to the tango—a program bridging worlds that grew out of common ground. Composers include Bach\, Villa Lobos\, Monteverdi\, Handel\, Couperin\, Rameau and Vivaldi. With guitarist Eliot Fisk\, contralto Emily Marvosh and cellist Yehuda Hanani. \nIn person tickets are $52. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBelow\, virtual event tickets are $28. A link will be emailed to you one week after the concert.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/folk-and-baroque/
LOCATION:Saint James Place\, 352 Main Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2021 2022
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SUMMARY:The Roaring Twenties – Berlin\, Paris\, New York
DESCRIPTION:The cabaret beckons as Close Encounters With Music ushers in the winter season in the Berkshires. In a performance that evokes the twenties of the last century — a time exemplified by Art Deco\, Prohibition\, the loosening of social restraints\, Jazz\, the Charleston and flappers — “Roaring Twenties” offers a panorama of composers and styles that defined and shaped the era: Samuel Barber\, Kurt Weill\, Alexander Zemlinsky\, Hanns Eisler\, Cole Porter\, Poulenc\, Schoenberg\, and Erwin Schulhoff provide a bi-continental glimpse into a decade that still looms colorful\, mythical and seductive in cultural history. Performers are Heather Johnson\, mezzo-soprano; William Ferguson\, tenor; Ieva Jokubaviciute and Renana Gutman\, piano; and Yehuda Hanani\, cello and artistic director. \n\n Purchase Tickets Here
URL:https://cewm.org/event/the-roaring-twenties-berlin-paris-new-york/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2021 2022
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SUMMARY:Café Music—Jazz\, Rap and Grand Reopening!
DESCRIPTION:Paul Schoenfield’s runaway classical hit\, Café Music for piano trio\, sets the tone for a celebratory re-opening. Combining elements of classical\, jazz\, klezmer and whimsy\, Café Music is caffeine-fueled and irresistible. Claude Bolling’s musings in the Suite for Cello and Jazz Trio offer up interpolations of boogie-woogie and ragtime with Baroque underpinnings. Gershwin is represented with his Three Preludes for Piano. With a benediction from Beethoven (his Romance No. 2 in F Major for Violin and Piano) and a cameo appearance by Christylez Bacon\, the first Hip-Hop artist to be featured at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and with commissions by the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian Institute\, the season is launched. \nWelcome back!!!! \nMichael Chertock\, piano; Xiao-Dong Wang\, violin; Christylez Bacon\, hip hop artist; Artie Dixson\, percussion; James Cammack\, double bass; Yehuda Hanani\, cello \n\n Purchase Tickets Here
URL:https://cewm.org/event/cafe-music-jazz-rap-and-world-premiere/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2021 2022
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