(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Aston Magna Music Festival, a pioneer of the early-music movement performed on period instruments, celebrates its fortieth anniversary season this summer in the Berkshires in a concert series from June 8 through July 7, 2012, devoted to music spanning the 17th to 20th centuries. The 40th anniversary will be celebrated with…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The complex relationships among Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann will be explored on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at 6 p.m., at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, in Grand Piano Quartets: Schumann and Brahms, a Close Encounters With Music (CEWM) concert featuring pianist Lydia Artymiw in a program including Piano…
(March 3, 2012) – In one of the more unlikely pairings in music history, Nonesuch Records will release an album of works by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki and composer/Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood on March 13, 2012. The artists’ work was presented side-by-side in two mid-September concerts last year, highlighting Penderecki’s influence on younger composers, at…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Berkshire Symphony will perform Out of the Shadows, a program of works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms on Friday, March 2 at 8 p.m. in Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus. The evening will feature New York Philharmonic principal bassoonist Judith LeClair in Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto. The concert is free…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Cellist Edward Arron and pianist Jeewon Park will perform works by Chopin, Debussy, Mendelssohn, and Amy Beach at The Clark on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at 3 pm. The program features Chopin’s Polonaise Brillante, Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, Amy Beach’s Dreaming for Cello and Piano, and Mendelssohn’s Sonata in D…
(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,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Berkshire Bach Ensemble continues its tradition of over two decades on Saturday, December 31, 2011, by performing all six Brandenburg Concerti of Johann Sebastian Bach, directed by harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper, at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center at 6 p.m. Bach’s colorful Brandenburg Concerti have been the stars of the Baroque…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Bard College Conservatory of Music will present the Bard Conservatory Orchestra, under the baton of Leon Botstein, music director, in a concert of works by Beethoven, Mahler, and Ives at Simon’s Rock College in McConnell Theater, Daniel Arts Center, on Saturday, December 3, 2011, at 7:30 p.m. The orchestra will…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Close Encounters With Music celebrates the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth with Lisztomania! at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Sunday, December 4, 2011, at 2 p.m. The performance showcases Liszt’s compositional style as well as works by his friends (Saint Saëns) and polar opposites (Mendelssohn). Fan mania and the cult…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Going into its 20th year of presenting outstanding chamber music with lively commentary, Close Encounters With Music (CEWM) presents the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Sunday, October 30, 2011, at 2pm. Conducted by Misha Rachlevsky, the ensemble returns for a second successive season with a program…
