(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…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Jewish soul singer Neshama Carlebach, the protege and musical heir of her father, the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, who in the 1960s and ‘70s brought an approach to Jewish liturgical music that was steeped in tradition yet utterly contemporary, will perform with her band at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, November 8, 2014,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Four-time Grammy Award-winning pop-jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves will perform with her quartet at the Mahaiwe on Sunday, October 19, 2014, at 7pm. The concert will feature selections from her most recent album, “Beautiful Life,” which taps the rock era for covers of Bob Marley’s “Waiting in Vain,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” Marvin…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble will perform works by Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, September 27, 2014, at 7:30pm, in a presentation by Berkshire Bach. The exact works to be performed are Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 by Mozart; Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert and chef/author Dan Barber will discuss “Beyond Farm to Table: The Future of Food,” at the Mahaiwe on Monday, August 18, 2014 at 7pm. The event is presented by Berkshire Grown. “We’re thrilled to bring two provocative leaders together to talk about food and the environment,”…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Hard-driving modern jazz trio the Bad Plus joins forces with dynamic saxophonist and improviser Joshua Redman for a unique program at the Mahaiwe on Friday, August 8 at 8pm. The Bad Plus initially gained fame for its innovative jazz versions of modern tunes by rock bands including Blondie, Nirvana, the Bee…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Call it a match made in heaven – indie singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, who is simply one of the greatest performers alive – will bring her dazzling talent to the stage of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 3, 2014, at 8pm. Ani DiFranco’s influence on fellow musicians, activists, and…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Iconic folk-blues legend Taj Mahal headlines an evening of “world blues” at the Mahaiwe on Sunday, November 3, 2013, at 7pm. Also appearing on the bill celebrating American blues music’s global influence are South African guitarist/vocalist Vusi Mahlasela – known simply as “The Voice” in his homeland — and blues-rock group…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Klezmatics, widely considered to be the world’s greatest modern klezmer group, perform at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 8pm. The concert is presented by the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst as part of Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music. Founded in 1986 in…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – La Belle Epoque, an original depression-era cabaret musical by Heather Fisch, will be staged at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, August 10, 2013, at 8pm. The show, featuring chorus girls, live music, slapstick comedy, and choreography, is both a revival of and homage to the old vaudeville style for…
