Master Class: Cello
Click event title above for Zoom linkWith Yehuda Hanani of the Mannes School of Music. Click this link to register for this event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O-zYIn8PS-Cw601XRMBNUg
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Grand Opening: Otherworldly Schubert and “One Earth”
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesTamar Muskal’s twice-postponed work will receive its long-awaited world premiere, kicking off the new season with a musical adventure. In the words of the composer, “We live in a very challenging time—a time of war, sickness, climate disasters, and economic difficulties. One Earth, for a rapper/beatbox artist, table player, string quintet and a treble chorus, […]
Grand Piano Trios—Beethoven’s “Ghost” and “Archduke”
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesA virtual symphony for three musicians, expansive and noble—like the Austrian Archduke who was the dedicatee—the great “Archduke” is more than a trio. It offered Beethoven the perfect vehicle for the development of his compositional techniques and the exploration of instrumental brilliance and virtuosity with three independent, powerful voices. In the “Ghost” Trio, conjuring up […]
Town & Country—Mendelssohn and Dvorak
Saint James Place 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesGlittering cosmopolitan Berlin and the village of Nelahozeves, Bohemia (now Czech Republic, population 2,200) are the respective places of origin of Felix Mendelssohn and Antonin Dvorak. Mendelssohn’s Trio in C minor offers some of his most exquisitely crafted music, with a magical scherzo right out of Midsummer Night’s Dream. The spirit of Slavic folk music […]
“Pictures at an Exhibition”— A Gallery Stroll
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesA work in ten movements by Modest Mussorgsky that was inspired by a visit to an art exhibition, "Pictures at an Exhibition" is a showpiece where only the most virtuosic pianists dare to tread! It is also a perfect point from which to explore the common language of music and art, which share not only […]
The Escher String Quartet – Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Ruth Crawford Seeger
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesThe Souvenir de Florence String Sextet takes us on a musical excursion to Italy, where Tchaikovsky spent some of his happiest times— reflected in the unforgettable tunes and warm cantabile style. Assessments of the work’s national style—Italianate or inescapably Russian—differ, but the sextet is quintessential Tchaikovsky, suffused with his characteristic longing and incomparable melodies. Ravel’s […]
Gala Concert: Schubert “Trout” and Schumann Piano Quintet
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States** Concert Tickets Still Available! Gala Dinner is Sold Out. ** Two great melodists, two young geniuses in one brilliant evening: Bubbly, like fine Champagne, Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet is one of the most joyous pieces ever written. A landmark of classical music, it weaves a net of enchantment with its catchy melodies and fresh exuberance. […]
Master Class with Yehuda Hanani
Bard College at Simon's Rock The Kellogg Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, United StatesBerkshire 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. _____ Yehuda Hanani Named “one of the most polished performers of the post-Starker generation and a consistently expressive artist” by The New York Times, Yehuda Hanani’s charismatic playing and profound interpretations […]
Drama and Melodrama—The Schumanns
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesThe 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 StatesComposed 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 […]
