Tag Archive for Bach

Aston Magna to Play Works by Handel, Bach in Winter Solstice Concerts

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., and HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Aston Magna Chamber Players present a live holiday concert, “Handel & Bach: Music for a Winter Solstice,” featuring works by George Frideric Handel and J.S. Bach, at Hudson Hall on Tuesday, December 21, at 7pm, and at St. James Place in Great Barrington on Wednesday, December 22,…

Bach, Beethoven and Brahms Duets for Piano and Cello at Tannery Pond

(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – Cellist Sebastian Bäverstam and pianist Yannick Rafalimanana will perform works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms in the Tannery at Darrow School on Saturday, June 8, 2013, at 8pm, as part of the Concerts at Tannery Pond chamber music series. Both young musicians have already garnered critical acclaims and awards. They first…

Behind the Genius of Bach

(SHEFFIELD, Mass.) – A lecture and concert presented by Berkshire Bach will explore the mystery of “How Does Bach Do It?” in the Allen Theatre at Berkshire School (245 North Undermountain Rd.) on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 8pm. The concert by the Cambridge Concentus early music ensemble, featuring soprano Clara Rottsolk, will include Bach’s…

Pianist to Play Bach, Chopin, Schubert and ‘[Leonard] Cohen Variations’ at Williams College

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Pianist Simone Dinnerstein will perform a solo concert featuring works by Chopin, Brahms, Bach, Schubert, and Daniel Felsenfeld’s Cohen Variations at Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus on Sunday, April 15, 2012, at 3. As part of the music department’s Boesendorfer series, Dinnerstein will play a 97-key, 9-foot, six-inch long, Imperial…

Simone Dinnerstein Explores Bach and the Romantics in Solo Recital at Miller Theatre

(NEW YORK, N.Y.) – On Thursday, February 2, at 8 p.m., Brooklyn-based pianist Simone Dinnerstein offers selections from her eagerly anticipated new CD in this first solo recital at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre. Her inventive program alternates between Bach’s partitas and gems of the Romantic era by Brahms, Chopin, and Schubert, juxtaposing evocative nocturnes, intermezzos,…

Close Encounters With Music Chamber Series Announces 20th Anniversary Season

Chamber Orchestra Kremlin

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Close Encounters With Music (CEWM) opens its 20th anniversary season with the renowned Chamber Orchestra Kremlin in a program of music by Dvorak, Elgar, Shostakovich, and Bach, on Sunday, October 30, 2011, at 2 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.  The critically acclaimed chamber music series featuring astute commentary by artistic…

Award-Winning Pianist to Perform Bach, Chopin and Enescu at Tannery Pond

Pianist Ilya Poletaev

(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – Pianist Ilya Poletaev performs works by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, and Enescu on Saturday, August 13 at 8 pm in the Tannery Pond Concert Series in the Shaker Tannery on the grounds of the Darrow School in New Lebanon, N.Y. Poletaev recently captured First Prize at the prestigious XVII International Johann…