Close Encounters Announces a New Season
Treasures in the Berkshires
By: Susan Hall - Sep 14, 2022
November 6 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Grand Opening: Otherworldly Schubert and “One Earth”
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA
Tamar Muskal’s twice-postponed work will receive its long-awaited world premiere, kicking off the new season with a musical adventure.
December 11 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Grand Piano Trios—Beethoven’s “Ghost” and “Archduke”
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA
A virtual symphony for three musicians, expansive and noble—like the Austrian Archduke who was the dedicatee—the great “Archduke” is more than a trio.
February 18, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Town & Country—Mendelssohn and Dvorak
Saint James Place 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA
Glittering cosmopolitan Berlin and the village of Nelahozeves, Bohemia (now Czech Republic, population 2,200) are the respective places of origin of Felix Mendelssohn and Antonin Dvorak. Mendelssohn’s Trio in C.
March 26, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
“Pictures at an Exhibition”— A Gallery Stroll
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA
A work in ten movements by Modest Mussorgsky that was inspired by a visit to an art exhibition, "Pictures at an Exhibition" is a virtuositic showpiece.
April 23, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
From Bach Brandenburg to Appalachian Spring with Manhattan Chamber Players
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA
Bringing a “mellifluous blend of vigorous intensity and dramatic import, performed with enthusiasm, technical facility and impressive balance,” the 13-strong Manhattan Chamber Players make their Close Encounters With Music debut.
May 7, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Annual Luncheon Musicale Benefit
Celebrate the Salon in the Gilded Age elegance of a private Berkshires club. The scintillating atmosphere of the 19th century institution that helped promote artists, painters and musicians.
May 21, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Escher String Quartet – Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Ruth Crawford Seeger
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA
The Souvenir de Florence String Sextet takes us on a musical excursion to Italy, where Tchaikovsky spent some of his happiest times— reflected in the unforgettable tunes and warm cantabile music.
June 11, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Gala Concert: Schubert “Trout” and Schumann Piano Quintet
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA
Two great melodists, two young geniuses in one brilliant evening: Bubbly, like fine Champagne, Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet is one of the most joyous pieces ever written. A landmark of classical music.