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Gryphon Trio Plays Works by Haydn, Shostakovich, Schubert at Williams

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Gryphon Trio performs works by Haydn, Shostakovich, and Schubert in a free concert in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams College campus on Tuesday, April 7 at 8pm. The Gryphon Trio has firmly established itself as one of the world’s preeminent trios, with a repertoire that ranges from the traditional to the…

Baroque Holiday Chamber Concert at the Mahaiwe

  (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Works by Vivaldi, Handel, Pergolesi, Monteverdi, Telemann and J. S. Bach will be performed by members of Baroque ensembles including the Diderot Quartet, Apollo’s Fire, the Handel and Haydn Society, Les Arts Florrisants, and New Utrecht Baroque in “A Holiday Celebration — Best of the Baroque,” the second in Close…

Acoustic Trio Quiet in the Head to Play at Spotty Dog

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Acoustic trio Quiet In The Head, the ongoing musical project of guitarist Seamus Maynard, violinist Jonathan Talbott and cellist Jonah Thomas, performs at Spotty Dog Books & Ale (440 Warren St.) on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at 8pm. The trio’s original acoustic music has evolved over many years of playing together and…

Brentano to Play Beethoven, Debussy, Mendelssohn at Tannery Pond

(NEW LEBANON, N.Y. ) – The Brentano String Quartet will play works by Beethoven, Debussy, Mendelssohn in the final program of the Tannery Pond Concerts season on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at 6pm. The program includes Beethoven’s String Quartet in D major, OP. 18, No. 3; Debussy’s Quartet in G minor, Op. 10; and Mendelssohn’s…

Piano Duo to Play Chopin and Rachmaninov in Tannery Pond Concert

(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – Pianists Vassily Primakov and Natalia Lavrova will perform works by Chopin and Rachmaninov in the Tannery on the grounds of the Darrow School as part of the Tannery Pond Concerts chamber music series on Saturday, August 17, 2013, at 8pm. The program features Primakov playing a selection of Chopin, followed by…

Concertante Chamber Players Kick off Four-Week Chamber Series at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Concertante Chamber Players kick off a four-week series of chamber music concerts at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at 8 pm. Upcoming concerts feature the Gryphon Trio (August 13), the Dover Quartet (August 20), and the Dorian Wind Quintet with pianist Spencer Myer (August…

Tina Packer to Join Celebration of Norwegian Chamber Music and Culture

(LENOX, Mass.) – Fjords, forests and fairy tales will be conjured up in Nordic Lights: Grieg Revival, an evening of music and readings at Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall — including works by Edvard Grieg and Henrik Ibsen, featuring special guest narrator Tina Packer, founder and former artistic director of Shakespeare & Company — on Saturday, June…

String Trio Performs Chamber Works by (Mostly) Modern Composers at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – A string trio in residence at The Clark will perform chamber music works by Halvorsen, Dvorák, Mendelssohn, Schnittke, Schumann, Ravel, Arvo Pärt, and Piazzolla on Sunday, November 18, 2012, at 3 pm. While in town, the musicians – Edward Arron, cello; Jeewon Park, piano; and Kyung Sun Lee, violin – will offer…

Ying Quartet Kicks Off Chamber Series at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Ying Quartet kicks off The Clark’s popular chamber music series on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at at 8 pm. Four internationally acclaimed chamber groups will be performing in The Clark’s auditorium, on subsequent Tuesdays at 8, including the Hermitage Piano Trio, the Carpe Diem String Quartet, and the Shanghai Quartet. Concert…