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SUMMARY:Mostly Amadeus—Meet the Mozarts!
DESCRIPTION:That the supernatural perfection of Mozart’s music was created by an imperfect child-like person has led many to believe he was a “quill in divine hands.” And the two of his sublime works scheduled (Piano Trio in B-flat KV 502 and Quartet in G minor KV 478) may bring you to the same conclusion. To be reminded of the humanity of the legend\, we place him genealogically between his father Leopold\, a minor composer who wrote piano exercises for the young Amadeus and his sister Nannerl and shrewdly marketed his “child wonder\,” and one of Amadeus’s four sons\, Franz Xaver\, who\, barring the phenomenal virtuosity of his father\, would have certainly been noted as a fine composer in his own right.  A special attraction will be the world premiere of a Mozart fragment we have discovered under unusual circumstances! \nIeva Jokūbavičiūtė\, piano; Hye-Jin Kim\, violin; Ara Gregorian\, viola; Yehuda Hanani\, cello \nAbout Ieva Jokūbavičiūtė:“Powerfully and intricately crafted performances… ‘razor-sharp intelligence and wit\,’ and ‘subtle\, complex\, almost impossibly detailed and riveting in every way.’” — The Washington Post \n“…heart-stopping and unrivaled beauty… Hye-Jin Kim’s was supremely musical playing\, well thought out\, yet of the moment.” – The Strad \n \n  \n  \n  \nIndividual Tickets: \nBalcony: $35\nOrchestra/Mezzanine: $60\nAges 18 – 35: $25\nStudent tickets are available at the door: $15 \nSeason Subscriptions \n\nEarly Bird Subscription Deadline: September 28\nEarly Bird Subscribers will receive their e-tickets by October 3\nRegular Season Subscribers will receive their e-tickets on October 24\n\nVirtual Tickets: \n$30 for each concert; $100 for access to complete season. A link to the concert video is emailed one week after performances. \nTickets go on sale September 10.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/mostly-amadeus-meet-the-mozarts/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2025 2026
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SUMMARY:Vivace Chamber Orchestra: Mozart\, Mendelssohn\, Britten\, Bruch
DESCRIPTION:The Vivace players return! This chamber music collective of New York-based musicians share the common aim of performing the greatest works in the chamber repertoire at the highest level. The program is curated to showcase their extraordinary unanimity of rare musicianship.  Looking backwards\, Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue in C minor employs Bach’s contrapuntal style but carves out daring\, unexpected harmonies that sound as though they were composed 100 years later. The result almost resembles an Italian overture. Nothing less than a miracle\, Mendelssohn’s String Octet in E-flat major remains one of the favorite works in the canon\, bursting with youthful verve\, brilliance and perfection.  As a 16-year-old\, he instructed the double quartets\, in the score: “This Octet must be played by all the instruments in symphonic orchestral style.”  Britten’s Simple Symphony movements speak to his sense of fun and good spirit.  German composer Max Bruch’s adaptation of “Kol Nidrei” is a universal\, extraordinarily expressive utterance—beginning with supplication and contrition and ending on notes of promise and redemption! \nVivace Chamber Orchestra \nYehuda Hanani\, cello \n \n  \n  \n  \nIndividual Tickets: \nBalcony: $35\nOrchestra/Mezzanine: $60\nAges 18 – 35: $25\nStudent tickets are available at the door: $15 \nSeason Subscriptions \n\nEarly Bird Subscription Deadline: September 28\nEarly Bird Subscribers will receive their e-tickets by October 3\nRegular Season Subscribers will receive their e-tickets on October 24\n\nVirtual Tickets: \n$30 for each concert; $100 for access to complete season. A link to the concert video is emailed one week after performances. \nTickets go on sale September 10.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/vivace-chamber-orchestra-mozart-mendelssohn-britten-bruch/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2025 2026
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SUMMARY:“The Golem” – A Vision in Sound and Cinema with the Avalon Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Monsters and magic spells! A masterwork of German expressionist cinema meets a live klezmer-infused score in a vibrant feast for the eyes and ears. Paul Wegener’s 1920 pioneering silent horror film\, Der Golem\, was so popular on its release that it sold out movie houses in both Germany and America for months\, inspired Golem-themed operettas\, and was a critical influence on the 1931 cult film Frankenstein. Drawn from a medieval folk legend\, Der Golem tells the tale of oppressed Jews in 16th century Prague who create a monster out of clay to protect themselves\, only to see it violently turn against them. To harmonize with the atmosphere of the film\, Israeli-born composer Betty Olivero takes traditional Yiddish folk-tunes and music from the Jewish liturgy and reimagines them. The resulting score for clarinet and strings is colorful\, ominous\, and exciting—and the experience of hearing live musicians accompany the action on the big screen promises to be unforgettable. \nThe Avalon String Quartet: Blaise Magnière\, violin; Marie Wang\, violin; Anthony Devroye\, viola; Cheng-Hou Lee\, cello. \nSaerom Kim\, clarinet; Jonathan Yates\, conductor \n“The Avalon–an ensemble that invites you—ears\, mind\, and spirit—into its music.”  — Chicago Tribune \n \n  \n  \n  \nIndividual Tickets: \nBalcony: $35\nOrchestra/Mezzanine: $60\nAges 18 – 35: $25\nStudent tickets are available at the door: $15 \nSeason Subscriptions \n\nEarly Bird Subscription Deadline: September 28\nEarly Bird Subscribers will receive their e-tickets by October 3\nRegular Season Subscribers will receive their e-tickets on October 24\n\nVirtual Tickets: \n$30 for each concert; $100 for access to complete season. A link to the concert video is emailed one week after performances. \nTickets go on sale September 10.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/the-golem-a-vision-in-sound-and-cinema-with-the-avalon-quartet/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2025 2026
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SUMMARY:L’Amour Toujours and A World Premiere + Gala Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Concert Tickets + Gala Dinner Reservation\nSunday\, June 8\nConcert: 4pm – 6pm\nDinner: 6:30pm – 8:30pm \nYou are invited to our grand season finale\, which includes premium concert seating and a reserved seat at the Gala Dinner for $250.00. \nIt’s all about love: A new work for clarinet trio by composer Seth Grosshandler that celebrates young love\, courtship and the 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 so far from me\, I long hotly to be with her over there”) is a tour de force meshing clarinet and soprano. Resolved to retire\, in 1891 Brahms encountered the clarinet playing of Richard Mühlfeld and was inspired by a fresh muse to compose once again. A scholar and close friend of Brahms praised the Clarinet Trio\, writing that “It is as though the instruments were in love with each other.” An all-star ensemble that shares the stage with artistic director Yehuda Hanani includes clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein (“…treats his instrument as his personal voice\, dazzling in its spectrum of colors\, agility and range” –Washington Post) returning to CEWM after several seasons. So concludes Season 33 of Close Encounters With Music – bookended by the immortal Brahms\, by inspiration and friendship. \nMax Levinson\, piano; Alexander Fiterstein\, clarinet; Danielle Talamantes\, soprano; Kerry Wilkerson\, baritone; Yehuda Hanani\, cello \nImmediately following the concert\, our Gala dinner at the Stockbridge Club\, 6 Main Street\, Stockbridge\, Massachusetts\, celebrates another successful season of our adventures in chamber music. \nClick the button below to pay via Paypal or email caitlin@cewm.org for information. \n\n \n\n\n\n\nEnter Ticket Holder Names
URL:https://cewm.org/event/lamour-toujours-and-gala-dinner/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2024 2025
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SUMMARY:L’Amour Toujours and A World Premiere
DESCRIPTION: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 so far from me\, I long hotly to be with her over there) is a tour de force meshing clarinet and soprano. Resolved to retire\, in 1891\, Brahms encountered the clarinet playing of Richard Mühlfeld and was inspired by a fresh muse to compose once again. A scholar and close friend of Brahms praised the Clarinet Trio\, writing.that “It is as though the instruments were in love with each other.” An all-star ensemble that shares the stage with artistic director\, Yehuda Hanani\, includes clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein (“…treats his instrument as his personal voice\, dazzling in its spectrum of colors\, agility and range” –Washington Post) returning to CEWM after several seasons. So concludes Season 33 of Close Encounters With Music – bookended by the immortal Brahms\, by inspiration and friendship. \nMax Levinson\, piano; Alexander Fiterstein\, clarinet; Danielle Talamantes\, soprano; Kerry Wilkerson\, baritone; Yehuda Hanani\, cello
URL:https://cewm.org/event/lamour-toujour-and-a-world-premiere/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2024 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T160000
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SUMMARY:A Tale of Two Salons—Winnaretta Singer and Marcel Proust
DESCRIPTION: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 a new genre: “Great music for a small space by up-and-coming composers” in the words of Sylvia Kahan\, her biographer\, who will join for the four-hand piano “Bagatelle” by Winaretta’s husband\, Edmond de Polignac. Works either commissioned by her\, dedicated to her\, or that were performed in her mansion on Rue Henri-Martin\, will be featured in our on-stage “salon”: Ravel’s Pavane pour un enfant défunte\, Stravinsky’s Piano Sonata 1924\, the sizzling César Franck Piano Quintet and songs by Fauré\, Polenc and Reynaldo Hahn. She also befriended Marcel Proust and his lover Hahn\, who reciprocated with an evening at their Pairs salon\, inspiring a chapter in Swann’s Way.  A rich tapestry in search of time\, place and personages. \nAlexander Shtarkman\, piano; Sylvia Kahan\, piano; William Ferguson\, tenor; Grace Park\, violin; Xiao-Dong Wang\, violin; Helena Baillie\, viola; Yehuda Hanani\, cello \nJoin us for an Afterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/a-tale-of-two-salons-winnaretta-singer-and-marcel-proust/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2024 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T160000
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SUMMARY:Classical Roots\, Latin Soul—The Dalí String Quartet
DESCRIPTION: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 Music of America’s 2024 Ensemble of the Year and the 2019 recipient of the Atlanta Symphony’s esteemed Aspire Award for accomplished African American and Latino Musicians\, among other awards. Beethoven’s first of his 16 string quartets contains thematic scaffolding and inspirations from Mozart and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Mendelssohn’s Quartet No. 6 in F minor was written in homage to his sister Fanny\, shortly after her death and just before his. \n“… beautifully prepared program…the Latin American program alternately glimmered and blazed.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer \nDalí String Quartet:  Ari Isaacman-Beck\, violin; Carlos Rubio\, violin; Adriana Linares\, viola; Jesus Morales\, cello \nJoin us for an Afterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/classical-roots-latin-soul-the-dali-string-quartet/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2024 2025
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SUMMARY:“Rite of Spring”—Rachmaninoff/Stravinsky
DESCRIPTION: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 – and ushers in a new age in music\, conceptually aligned with Cubism. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring shocked tout-Paris and sparked riots (scenes from the film Coco Chanel will be shown). Rachmaninoff’s Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano was written after a course of hypnotherapy for “composers block\,” out of which emerged a work of virtuosity and grandeur\, with his characteristic flourishes and a Russian Belle Époque sensibility. “Terrifyingly difficult” for the piano\, it is a virtual piano concerto – not to downplay the soulful melodic role of the cello. \nMichael Chertock\, piano; Yehuda Hanani\, cello; Enes Pektas\, baritone \nJoin us for an Afterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/rite-of-spring-rachmaninoff-stravinsky/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2024 2025
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SUMMARY:Vivace Chamber Orchestra: Tchaikovsky\, Grieg\, Boccherini\, Barber
DESCRIPTION: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 and joy (an homage to Mozart\, a memorable joy) into one perfect package. Barber’s iconic Adagio\, “full of pathos and cathartic passion\, rarely leaves a dry eye” (it was played at the funerals of Albert Einstein and Princess Grace of Monaco…). Holberg Suite (subtitled “suite in the olden style” – 1884)\, one of Grieg’s most beloved works\, offers chorale-like harmonies\, joyous and lilting rhythms\, and hints of a rural fiddle player. Boccherini’s Baroque-era Cello Concerto\, rewritten in a Romantic vein\, is a virtuosic delight. The Vivace Chamber Orchestra is comprised of fourteen top-tier soloists who gather for periodic tours. \nVivace Chamber Orchestra; Yehuda Hanani\, cello \nJoin us for an Afterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/vivace-chamber-orchestra-tchaikovsky-grieg-boccherini-barber/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2024 2025
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SUMMARY:Drama and Melodrama—The Schumanns
DESCRIPTION: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. His Piano Quartet in E-flat Major (premiered with Clara as pianist)\, marries Romantic lyricism with baroque counterpoint and sonic flamboyance in one of the masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire. Also featured are Clara Schumann’s piano concerto composed with a daring slow movement\, a love duet between the piano and a single cello\, as well as her Three Romances for Violin and Piano. Brahms’ greatest set of piano variations Op. 9\, written after Schumann was committed to an asylum\, spells out the name CLARA in its theme\, in a work tender\, boisterous and touched with heartfelt brilliance. \nAdam Golka\, piano; Itamar Zorman\, violin; Helena Baillie\, viola; Yehuda Hanani\, cello; Michael Wise\, narrator \nJoin us for an Afterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/drama-and-melodrama-the-schumanns/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2024 2025
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SUMMARY:Great Quintets — Dvořák and Brahms
DESCRIPTION:Dvořák’s sublime Piano Quintet in A Major occupies a lofty place in the chamber music canon\, at the same elevation as Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor\, op. 34.  Simply put\, both works are majestic\, symphonic in scope\, and invite the listener into a lost world of powerful beauty\, profundity\, and nobility of sentiments\, peppered with folk tunes and polkas. Dvořák admired Brahms\, Brahms encouraged and mentored Dvořák. The combination of string quartet and piano lends the quintet a sonic grandeur as it joins two self-sufficient forces in an ideal partnership. An all-star ensemble that shares the stage with artistic director Yehuda Hanani includes Max Levinson (“a brilliant American pianist…who touches the listener deeply and often—Los Angeles Times) and violist Jordan Bak (“a bright commanding presence…a rising star”—Boston Musical Intelligencer) making his CEWM debut. So concludes Season 32 of Close Encounters—bookended by the most miraculous output of Johannes Brahms and with Dvořák’s folkloric genius\, spontaneity\, and vitality. Max Levinson\, piano; Ara Gregorian and Hye-Jin Kim\, violin; Jordan Bak\, viola; Yehuda Hanani\, cello. \nTickets\, $52 for Orchestra and Mezzanine and $28 for Balcony seats. Click button below to purchase or call 413-528-0100. \n\n\n\n\nGala Preferred Patron Package tickets are available for $175 and include Orchestra seats at the Mahaiwe and dinner following. \n\n\n   Virtual Tickets: You will receive an email with a link to a private video one week after the performance.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/great-quintets-dvorak-and-brahms/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2023 2024
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SUMMARY:Café Vienna — Nervous Splendor
DESCRIPTION:The imperial “City of Song” has played an essential role as a leading European cultural center\, hosting major personalities in the development of music\, as well as literature\, painting\, psychiatry and intellectual thought\, from the 16th to 20th centuries. \nAs in the architecture\, musical styles that sprang up are a mix of Baroque\, Classical\, Art Nouveau\, Modernist and sleek contemporary. During the 19th century\, the café became a meeting place for the creative set in town. Mozart\, Schubert\, Beethoven\, Brahms\, Johan Strauss Jr.\, Mahler\, Korngold\, all of whom are represented on the program\, could be found in their favorite coffee houses\, penning compositions while greeting the likes of Gustav Klimt\, Arthur Schnitzler\, Stefan Zweig\, Rilke\, Freud\, Kafka\, Werfel\, or Wittgenstein. \nThis program takes a cross-section of Viennese musical modes—from operetta to waltz\, Beethoven’s Piano Trio which spins on a popular song by Weigl\, to Schubert’s sublime testament to his beloved métier\, “An die Musik.”  And of course\, the quintessential café music of Fritz Kreisler\, “Caprice Viennois.”  In charm\, verve\, and artistic sophistication\, Vienna’s past is unsurpassed. \nIeva Jokubaviciute\, piano; Xiao-Dong Wang\, violin; Emily Marvosh\, mezzo-soprano; Yehuda Hanani\, cello \nAfterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg. Join us! \n \nVirtual Tickets: You will receive an email with a link to a private video one week after the performance.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/cafe-vienna/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2023 2024
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240414T180000
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SUMMARY:Something Borrowed\, Something Blue — Cross-Cultural Synergy
DESCRIPTION:The Romans appropriated the entirety of classical Greek culture\, and the Renaissance rediscovered and revitalized it.  Then came Rodin and Greek Revival in American architectural style. An Egyptomania craze gripped 19th century Europe and found its way into operas (Aida\, Samson and Delilah)\, couture (harem pants as high fashion)\, architectural idioms\, decorative arts\, music and dance (arabesques).  Culinary arts\, fashion (remember Issey Miyake?)\, painting\, furniture design – we are all enriched\, stimulated and invigorated by borrowed influences. \nAn afternoon of Gershwin\, Max Bruch (German composer uses synagogue “Kol Nidrei” prayer)\, Cesar Cui (Russian composer writes “Orientale”)\, Ravel’s “Habanera\,” Haydn Trio (Gypsy movement)\, Debussy Violin Sonata\, and more.  When the main stream gets tired\, foreign tributaries recharge it! \nMichael Chertock\, piano; Itamar Zorman\, violin; Yehuda Hanani\, cello. \nAfterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg. Join us! \n \nVirtual Tickets: You will receive an email with a link to a private video one week after the performance.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/something-borrowed-something-blue-cross-cultural-synergy/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2023 2024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T180000
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CREATED:20230811T193408Z
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SUMMARY:A Bach Family Concert — Celtic Baroque Band Makaris
DESCRIPTION:In his dance suites\, J. S. Bach ventures into Spanish sarabandes\, French bourrées and British gigues. He and family members delighted in arranging Celtic and Scottish folk music. They will be joined by Beethoven and Haydn\, who also forayed into Irish folk music with their own arrangements. \nMakaris formed in 2018 to explore the broad musical heritage of Scotland and the following year released its first disc\, Wisps in the Dell\, to critical international acclaim (“Absolutely wonderful…one of the very best releases of 2019” – MusicWeb International).  A makar (pl. makaris) was a royal court troubadour of medieval Scotland and the program provides a lush sampling from the ensemble’s collection. \n“You can’t help but feel like you’ve suddenly traveled back in time and are enjoying a tankard of old Scottish ale inside a seedy establishment.” – Classical Music Sentinel \nAfterglow Reception on the Mahaiwe stage following the concert! You are invited to meet the artists and enjoy bites and beverages by Authentic Eats by Oleg. Join us! \n \nVirtual Ticket: You will receive an email with a link to a private video one week after the performance.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/a-bach-family-concert-celtic-baroque-band-makaris/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2023 2024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231203T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231203T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T081320
CREATED:20230811T192516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T165054Z
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SUMMARY:Nocturne — Night and Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Nuances of the night are explored in this multi-faceted program. Release from the brightness of daylight\, from consciousness into sleep and dreaminess\, the night’s seductive\, mysterious potion-like allure has fascinated artists throughout the ages. Lullabies celebrate repose\, the restful charm; serenades celebrate love. Other works mark the fear of darkness\, the unseen and what may lurk beneath the veil of night. \nComposers from Mozart and Schubert to Borodin and Bernstein have been transfixed\, lulled\, soothed and aroused. Beethoven evokes the enchantment of the moon in his iconic “Moonlight” Sonata; Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is a perennial favorite and will be performed in its original scoring. Lieder by Schumann\, Debussy\, Fauré\, arias from Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet and selections from favorite musicals (West Side Story and Man of La Mancha) demonstrate the universality of the theme. \nTo paraphrase Walt Whitman\, only the darkness of the night reveals all the stars—in the Heavens and on stage! \nFabio Bidini\, piano; John Viscardi\, baritone; Kobi Malkin and Grace Park\, violin; Luke Fleming\, viola; Lizzie Burns\, double bass; Yehuda Hanani\, cello \n \nVirtual Ticket: You will receive an email with a link to a private video one week after the performance
URL:https://cewm.org/event/nocturne-night-and-dreams/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2023 2024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231105T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231105T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T081320
CREATED:20230811T192323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231101T153739Z
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SUMMARY:Virtue and Virtuosity
DESCRIPTION:The words are intricately related but diverge. Virtuosity: music that glorifies the possibilities of the instrument and the prowess of the performer—that titillates and stuns the audience in the Romantic tradition of Paganini.  It’s the violinist tight-rope walking on the strings\, performing impossible feats\, stretching the capabilities of the instrument\, creating pacts with the Devil. \nSaint Saëns will dazzle (his gorgeous Rondo Capriccioso\, a minefield for the violinist\, will be performed on the cello\, exponentially more challenging!). And introducing Russian/Ukrainian composer Nikolai Kapustin\, whose Preludes offer a “Red and Hot” fusion of jazz and classical forms. \nPyrotechnics and acrobatics? Mastery of content and form? Craft plus magic as the ideal… According to Rodin\, the greatest virtuosity is when you don’t notice it. The program touches on some of the most fundamental questions about the nature of art and culminates with the emotionally compelling and ineffably beautiful Brahms Piano Trio Op. 8. \nAdam Golka\, piano; Giora Schmidt\, violin; Yehuda Hanani\, cello; Philip Thompson\, cello \n \nVirtual Ticket: You will receive an email with a link to a private video one week after the performance.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/virtue-and-virtuosity/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2023 2024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230611T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230611T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T081320
CREATED:20220906T153246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230608T133437Z
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SUMMARY:Gala Concert: Schubert “Trout” and Schumann Piano Quintet
DESCRIPTION:** Concert Tickets Still Available! Gala Dinner is Sold Out. **\nTwo 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. This piece has it all—elegance\, beauty and irrepressible good humor; music from the pen of a 22-year-old prodigy inspired by the tragic-comic death of a fish that captures the glories of Nature! The program also features Schumann’s miraculous Piano Quintet in E-flat Major—the first work ever conceived and written for this combination of instruments. An all-star ensemble that joins artistic director Yehuda Hanani includes returning Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Yekwon Sunwoo (“superbly assured pianism”—BBC Music) and violinist Giora Schmidt (“Impossible to resist\, captivating with lyricism\, tonal warmth\, and boundless enthusiasm”— Cleveland Plain Dealer).So ends Season 31 of Close Encounters— bookended by the most sublime output of Franz Schubert. \nYekwon Sunwoo\, piano;\nGiora Schmidt and Helena Baillie\, violin;\nTBA\, viola;\nYehuda Hanani\, cello;\nJeremy McCoy\, double bass \nMahaiwe Tickets: $28 – $52.\nBuy Tickets \n\nVirtual Ticket: Link to concert will be sent one week after concert.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/gala-concert-schubert-trout-and-schumann-piano-quintet/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2022 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230521T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230521T180000
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SUMMARY:The Escher String Quartet – Tchaikovsky\, Ravel\, Ruth Crawford Seeger
DESCRIPTION:The Souvenir de Florence String Sextet takes us on a musical excursion to Italy\, where\nTchaikovsky 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\nincomparable melodies. Ravel’s Quartet in F Major is decidedly impressionistic and non-European\, with exotic modes and mysterious\, ethereal beauty. Listening to it is almost akin to exploring a foreign planet. The “1931” Quartet by Ruth Crawford Seeger\, the first woman composer to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship\, is a tour-de-force for string ensemble. \nEscher String Quartet: Adam Barnett-Hart\nand Brendan Speltz\, violin;\nPierre Lapointe\, viola; Brook Speltz\, cello\nWith Daniel Panner\, viola; Yehuda Hanani\, cello\nhttps://themahaiwe.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F3w00000td7GlEAI\n \nVirtual Tickets Here. Link will be sent one week after concert.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/the-escher-string-quartet-tchaikovsky-ravel-ruth-crawford-seeger/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2022 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230423T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230423T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T081320
CREATED:20220906T154339Z
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SUMMARY:From Bach Brandenburg to Appalachian Spring with Manhattan Chamber Players
DESCRIPTION:Bringing a “mellifluous blend of vigorous intensity and dramatic import\, performed with\nenthusiasm\, technical facility and impressive balance\,” the 13-strong Manhattan Chamber Players make their Close Encounters With Music debut this season. In a program both orchestral (Brandenburg No. 3 and Copland’s iconic Appalachian Spring and reduced to octet for Mendelssohn’s early work (“Its youthful verve\, brilliance and perfection make it one of the miracles of nineteenth-century music”)\, they demonstrate their versatility and virtuosity. First written as a ballet for Martha Graham and telling the story of 19th century pioneers celebrating spring after building a new Pennsylvania farmhouse\, Copland’s reworking of the Appalachian Spring Suite has become one of the staples of the concert hall. \nIn addition to numerous engagements across the U.S.\, Canada\, and Mexico\, MCP regularly tours throughout the U.S.\, Canada\, Mexico and in Asia and the Middle East. Its players are current and former members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center\, Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect\, and the Amphion\, Attacca\, Dover\, Escher\, and Ying Quartets\, as well as top prizewinners in the Banff\, Concert Artists Guild\, Fischoff\, Naumburg\, Osaka\, Primrose\, Queen Elisabeth\, Rubinstein\, Tchaikovsky\, Tertis\, and Young Concert Artists Competitions. \nManhattan Chamber Players\, chamber orchestra \n \nVirtual ticket Here. Link will be sent one week after concert.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/from-bach-brandenburg-to-appalachian-spring-with-manhattan-chamber-players/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2022 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230326T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T081320
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LAST-MODIFIED:20221128T213423Z
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SUMMARY:“Pictures at an Exhibition”— A Gallery Stroll
DESCRIPTION:A 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 terms such as “line\, rhythm and color\,” but also considerations of structure\, narrative\, counterpoint\, etc. The program offers other “pictures in time”: Granados’ musical portraits from his opera Goyescas; Franz Liszt’s St. Frances walking on the waves; Debussy’s Sonate with its commedia dell’arte storyline; and the Hogarth-Stravinsky connection for the opera The Rake’s Progress. The final picture of Mussorgsky’s work is a majestic depiction of his friend Victor Hartmann’s sketch\, “The Great Gate of Kiev.” Images will be projected to accompany the music. \nMax Levinson\, piano; Danielle Talamantes\, soprano; Yehuda Hanani\, cello \n \nVirtual Tickets Here. Link will be sent to one week after concert.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/pictures-at-an-exhibition-a-gallery-stroll/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2022 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221211T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221211T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T081320
CREATED:20220906T154927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221128T212653Z
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SUMMARY:Grand Piano Trios—Beethoven’s “Ghost” and “Archduke”
DESCRIPTION:A 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 images from Shakespeare’s Macbeth\, Beethoven plays with strangeness and eeriness. \nBoth works are among his most Olympian and are in the best possible hands: Pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute has been described as “an artist of commanding technique\, refined temperament and persuasive insight” by the New York Times. Violinist Hye-Jin Kim won First Prize at the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition at the age of nineteen and has been guest soloist with major orchestras in the U. S.\, Europe and Asia since. They join internationally acclaimed music director Yehuda Hanani in compositions of tremendous scope\, drama and wit. \nIeva Jokubaviciute\, piano;\nHye-Jin Kim\, violin;\nYehuda Hanani\, cello \nBuy Mahaiwe Tickets Below: \n \n  \nBuy Virtual Tickets Here. A link will be sent one week after the concert.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/grand-piano-trios-beethovens-ghost-and-archduke/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2022 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T081320
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SUMMARY:Grand Opening: Otherworldly Schubert and “One Earth”
DESCRIPTION:Tamar 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\, calls all people to positive action\, to love\, to beauty\, and to anything that protects the planet and humanity. The piece is rich in sonorities\, a fusion of different musical worlds\, and contrasts between energetic rhythms\, lyrical melodies and powerful rapping.” The program also features Schubert’s heavenly String Quintet in C Major—an early 19th Century call to humanity\, beauty and truth. Of Muskal’s music\, the Chicago Tribune has written: “The ripples and shimmers that filled Muskal’s post-minimalist score were as evanescent as swirling\, digitized visuals— dissolving into one another with kaleidoscopic beauty…high-tech music theater at its most inventive and fascinating.” \nBorromeo String Quartet;\nYehuda Hanani\, cello;\nAvirodh Sharma\, tabla;\nChristylez Bacon\, beatbox artist;\nTian Hui Ng\, conductor;\nRachel Feldman\, choral director;\nMount Holyoke College Chamber Singers \nPurchase tickets through the Mahaiwe here. \nVirtual Ticket: Link will be sent one week after concert.
URL:https://cewm.org/event/grand-opening-otherworldly-schubert-and-one-earth/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page,Season 2022 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220612T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220612T174500
DTSTAMP:20260404T081320
CREATED:20210902T134318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220610T144300Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220529T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220529T174500
DTSTAMP:20260404T081320
CREATED:20210902T134336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220420T171700Z
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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:20220430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220430T194500
DTSTAMP:20260404T081320
CREATED:20210902T134400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220420T172307Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220320T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220320T174500
DTSTAMP:20260404T081320
CREATED:20210902T134417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220217T163455Z
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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: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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SUMMARY:The Sebastians Baroque Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:The Sebastians connect with audiences through dynamic and vital performances of music of the baroque and classical eras. Known for their “energetic… youthful\, vigorous performance style…” they have been called New York’s “leading young early-music ensemble” (The New York Times). This colorful\, varied program will feature Telemann’s “Paris” Quartet\, the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto\, and works by Vivaldi\, CPE Bach\, Handel and Porpora\, with star roles for harpsichord and baroque flute (traverso). \nJeffrey Grossman\, harpsichord; Daniel Lee and Nicholas DiEugenio\, violin; Jessica Troy\, viola; Ezra Seltzer\, violoncello; Nathaniel Chase\, violone; David Ross\, traverso; Yehuda Hanani\, cello
URL:https://cewm.org/event/the-sebastians-baroque-ensemble/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page
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SUMMARY:Forever Bach - The Celestial Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
DESCRIPTION:A composer beyond time and place\, and a journey to transcendence! J. S. Bach’s Suites are blueprints for cellists of all generations for the construction of temples of sound in time. Though alone with one instrument\, “Unaccompanied” is a bit of a misnomer\, as they require the performer to be an acoustic illusionist: Each suite is more like a drama for three or four characters played by one actor\, at times presenting a challenge akin to tightrope-walking on a bass line while performing a juggling act! Yehuda Hanani has juggled and wrestled with the suites for decades\, and his recording of the six suites is one of the definitive renditions of this holy of holies for cellists. \n“In this era of the cello\, Hanani is among the best. His Bach was absorbing\, imaginative\, beautiful in all respects.” –San Francisco Examiner; “A consistently expressive artist” – The New York Times. \nYehuda Hanani\, cello
URL:https://cewm.org/event/forever-bach-the-celestial-suites-for-unaccompanied-cello/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230\, United States
CATEGORIES:home-page
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