Town & Country—Mendelssohn and Dvorak

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

Glittering 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 […]

Folk and Baroque

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

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. In person tickets […]