ISRAELI VIOLIN VIRTUOSO to PERFORM DUO RECITAL at MAHAIWE
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) — Israeli violinist and international superstar Vadim Gluzman will perform works by Mozart, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Castelnuovo-Tedesco in a duet concert with his wife, pianist Angela Yoffe at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 21, at 6pm, as part of the Close Encounters with Music chamber series.
Marjorie Dix
BERKSHIRE LYRIC CHORUS to SING CHRISTMAS MUSIC
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The 85-voice Berkshire Lyric Chorus will be joined by its youth faction, the Blafield Children’s Chorus, in “Making Spirits Bright, a Concert of Christmas Music,” a wide-ranging choral program of some of the most beloved music of the Xmas season, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Park Square in downtown Pittsfield on Saturday, December 21, at 7:30pm. Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Marjorie Elinor Dix, the Berkshire Lyric 2013-2014 season guest artist, will perform.
Rider Stanton, McKenna Powell and Eric Hill in Berkshire Theatre Festival’s 2009 Unicorn production of ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens. (photo Jaime Davidson)
‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’ RETURNS to the COLONIAL
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol gets its eighth annual staging by Berkshire Theatre Group, presented for the third time at the Colonial Theatre, in a run through Sunday, December 29, 2013. The timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the infamous miser who is reformed and shown the error of his ways by four spirits, has fast become a Berkshire holiday tradition, mixing theater professionals with community members, including 28 Berkshire County children.
BLUES-ROCK SCION DEVON ALLMAN BRINGS BAND to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Devon Allman, son of Greg Allman, brings his own brand of bluesy guitar-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, December 19, at 8pm. Allman has appeared at Helsinki previously with his band, Royal Southern Brotherhood; he will be fronting the Devon Allman Band for this performance. As heard on his recently released solo album, “Turquoise,” Devon Allman is as much or more influenced by the likes of Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and Tom Petty – whose song “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” he covers on the album – than he is by his famous father, leader of the legendary Southern-rock group, the Allman Brothers Band, and his late uncle, Duane Allman, who himself was a sometime-partner of Clapton.
TEDDY THOMPSON BRINGS FOLK-ROCK to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Folk-rock singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson brings his glistening tenor vocals and his exquisitely hewn melodies and lyrics to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, December 20, at 9pm. The only son of British folk-rock legends Richard and Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson has carved out his own niche as a singer and songwriter, which presumably is why Elton John chose him as the opening act on one of his tours. Nevertheless, Thompson’s work recalls a panoply of forerunners and influences, including Roy Orbison, Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, and, of course, Richard and Linda Thompson.
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Kristmess Kook, a holiday variety show hosted by Musty Chiffon and featuring a dozen special musical and performing guests, including members of the Replacements, Human Sexual Response, the Zulus, and Rasputina, will take place at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, December 21, at 9pm. The show will be followed immediately by a dance party with music spun by DJs T-Bone and Musty Chiffon.
Bobby Previte
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Voodoo Orchestra North, led by legendary jazz drummer, improviser and composer Bobby Previte and featuring many great upstate New York musicians, continues into the New Year its regular series of performances devoted to exploring the music of Miles Davis’s eternal electric jazz-funk masterpiece, “Bitches Brew,” at Club Helsinki Hudson, with jam sessions scheduled for Monday nights: December 23, January 20, and February 10, at 8pm.