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  • Moonlight Sonatas

    Moonlight Sonatas Concert

    Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

    This Moonlight Sonatas concert features Berkshire High Peaks Festival Residents on Sunday, July 28 at 7:30pm at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington. This performance is free and open to the public. No registration required. For audiences and listeners, High Peaks offers wall-to-wall performances as participants—strings, pianists, vocalists and wind players—showcase their talent […]

  • BHPF Master Class

    Master Class with Anthony Devroye

    Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

    Berkshire High Peaks master classes are free and open to the public! All master classes are at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. _____ Anthony Devroye Known for his gutsy, colorful and nuanced playing—and the communicative clarity of his performances—violist Anthony Devroye has helped people deepen their connection to great music for over […]

  • BHPF Talk

    “Meet the Composer” with Seth Grosshandler and Tamar Muskal

    Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

    Join us for "Meet the Composer," a talk with Seth Grosshandler and Tamar Muskal. Berkshire High Peaks Festival talks are free and open to the public! All events are at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. No registration necessary.

  • Moonlight Sonatas

    Moonlight Sonatas Farewell Concert

    Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

    Our final Moonlight Sonatas concert features Berkshire High Peaks Festival Residents and Faculty on Thursday, July 25 at 7:30pm at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington. This performance is free and open to the public. No registration required. For audiences and listeners, High Peaks offers wall-to-wall performances as participants—strings, pianists, vocalists and wind […]

  • Drama and Melodrama—The Schumanns

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    The ever-fascinating and intimate triangle – Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms – will be brought to new light with seldom-heard works that highlight the musical cross-references and spiritual bond that united them. Predating accompaniment to silent film by decades, Robert’s melodrama, Schön Hedwig is a forerunner to soap-opera sentimentality with a happy ending. […]

  • Vivace Chamber Orchestra: Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Boccherini, Barber

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    Composed by Tchaikovsky to counter a bout of insomnia and melancholy, Serenade for Strings immediately cheered him up, and he reported “feeling well, invigorated and content” - as gratified listeners have over the years. Few composers have possessed the ability to reflect emotions within their music as well as Tchaikovsky, and the Serenade channels solemnity […]

  • 6 Unaccompanied Bach Suites for Cello with Colin Carr & Yehuda Hanani

    Saint James Place 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    THIS PERFORMANCE IS SOLD OUT. Two leading Bach interpreters embark on a journey while traversing his Six Suites, the apogee of the cello repertoire. Filled with mystery and beauty, blasted through with rapture, every note is a bold statement. Music that first flowed from the composer’s quill in the early 1700’s, it belongs to no […]

  • “Rite of Spring”—Rachmaninoff/Stravinsky

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    Two monumental works, two Russian ex-pats of the same aristocratic background - and two divergent extremes. One a master of nostalgia and a formidable pianist, follows in the footsteps of Chopin. The other, a trailblazer, scandalizer and collaborator of Picasso delights in breaking old molds - though harking back to traditional Russian folk material - […]

  • Classical Roots, Latin Soul—The Dalí String Quartet

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    Alongside Beethoven’s Quartet No. 1 Op. 18 and Mendelssohn’s Op. 80 Quartet, this program is infused with striking Latin repertoire: Sonia Morales-Matos’ Divertimento Caribeño No. 3 (dance suites of Caribbean merengue sandwiched around a Cuban bolero) and Astor Pizzolla’s Tango Ballet, a work that paints pictures through rhythms and melodies. The Dalí Quartet is Chamber […]

  • Lift Your Spirit headline in fancy font invitation to Luncheon Musicale Benefit with mountains and birds in background

    Annual Luncheon Musicale Benefit

    the Lenox Club 111 Yokun Ave, Lenox, MA, United States

    Lift your spirit at our Annual Luncheon Musicale Benefit! Enjoy the American Songbook, chansons, gospel, oratorio, and spirituals and celebrate 25-years of CEWM's Commissioning Program. This program has supported the creation of and premiered 24 new works by 19 composers. Featured artists: Zoe-Elizabeth McCray, soprano, and Renana Gutman, piano. The scintillating atmosphere of the 19th […]

  • A Tale of Two Salons—Winnaretta Singer and Marcel Proust

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    The daughter of sewing machine industrialist Isaac Merritt Singer, Winnaretta Singer, Princess de Polignac, was a force of nature, hosting everyone from Leion Bakst to Jean Cocteau and Jean Giraudoux to Prokofiev, Madame Jean Lanvin, Siegfried Wagner, Arthur Rubenstein, Arnold Schoenberg, and Edith Wharton in her Paris salon. more importantly, she was responsible for developing […]

  • L'Amour Toujours And a World Premiere concert event image with vibrant pink and green imagery

    L’Amour Toujours and A World Premiere

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    It’s all about love: A new work for clarinet trio by composer Seth Grosshandler that celebrates young love, courtship and serendipity of meeting one’s intended receives its inaugural performance. Signature love arias from favorite operas and Broadway sung by Metropolitan Opera soprano Danielle Talamantes and Kerry Wilkerson. Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock (“My sweetheart dwells […]

  • L'Amour Toujours And a World Premiere concert event image with vibrant pink and green imagery

    L’Amour Toujours and A World Premiere + Gala Dinner

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    Concert Tickets + Gala Dinner Reservation Sunday, June 8 Concert: 4pm - 6pm Dinner: 6:30pm - 8:30pm You are invited to our grand season finale, which includes premium concert seating and a reserved seat at the Gala Dinner for $250.00. It's all about love: A new work for clarinet trio by composer Seth Grosshandler that […]

  • BHPF Master Class

    Master Class: Piano with Gila Goldstein

    The Kellogg Center at Bard College Simon's Rock 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

    Join us for this piano master class with Gila Goldstein. Berkshire High Peaks Festival offers master classes to its students; they are free and open for the public to attend. These master classes and talks are held at The Kellogg Center at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Gila Goldstein is a […]

    Free
  • BHPF Master Class

    Master Class: Viola with Anthony Devroye

    The Kellogg Center at Bard College Simon's Rock 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

    Join us for this viola master class with Anthony Devroye of the renowned Avalon Quartet. Berkshire High Peaks Festival offers master classes to its students; they are free and open for the public to attend. These master classes and talks are held at The Kellogg Center at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, […]

    Free
  • BHPF Master Class

    Master Class: Violin with Peter Zazofsky

    The Kellogg Center at Bard College Simon's Rock 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United States

    Join us for this violin master class with Peter Zazofsky (Boston University). Berkshire High Peaks Festival offers master classes to its students; they are free and open for the public to attend. These master classes and talks are held at The Kellogg Center at Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Peter Zazofsky […]

    Free