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The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center presents A Night of Chopin and Brahms on Sunday, March 20, at 4 p.m. in partnership with Close Encounters With Music.
The program showcases Van Cliburn Medalist Yekwon Sunwoo’s piano prowess both as a soloist and a chamber musician and partner.
The Rolston String Quartet performs at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Mass., this weekend. Photo by Shayne Gray
The Rolston String Quartet, an award-winning young ensemble from Canada, will perform on Sunday, Feb. 27, 3 p.m. in the McConnell Auditorium of the Daniel Arts Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Mass.
From High Baroque to village dances, South American indigenous flavors and ethereal liturgical music, and from the jig to the tango — Close Encounters With Music presents a program bridging worlds that grew out of common ground, Saturday, Feb. 26, 6 p.m. at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, Mass.
Jorma Kaukonen, 81, and Jack Casady, 77, no longer look the way they did on this album cover for Hot Tuna from 1998, but their voices and playing still sound as sweet. Photo from Amazon.com
This year has already been marked with the deaths of many beloved entertainers and public figures (up to and including the death of fashion icons Andre Leon Talley and Thierry Mugler and spiritual guide Thich Nhat Hanh).
The Congregational Church of Salisbury, Conn., will present its annual Christmas Concert on Saturday, Dec. 18, at 3 p.m. at 30 Main St. The Meeting House doors will open at 2:30 p.m. Attendance will be restricted to one-half capacity. Audience members will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. Masks will be required.
After a one-year hiatus, the Smithfield Church Christmas Concert & Tea returns on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m.
The Smithfield Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Matt Finley will present holiday classics, an offertory on Greensleeves, excerpts from “The Nutcracker Suite,” readings of two poems and more.
The Salisbury Association will offer a free concert of traditional Christmas music and carols on Saturday, Dec. 4, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Congregational Church in Salisbury, Conn.
Just because it’s Thanksgiving, that doesn’t mean everything you do has to have a holiday theme. For something completely different, think about going to the En Vogue concert in Kingston, N.Y., on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. hosted by the Bardavon at the UPAC.
“The Messiah,” by George Frideric Handel (shown in this 1736 painting by Thomas Hudson), has become a highlight of the holiday season. Image courtesy of Brittanica
You don’t have to love choral music or even classical music — or even Christmas — to love G.F. Handel’s “Messiah.” I would count myself as fairly uneducated when it comes to the glories of great music but even for me, “The Messiah” is a delight to listen to.
Christophe Landon, one of the world’s premier luthiers, will talk about and demonstrate the magic of stringed instruments in a fundraiser on Sunday, Nov. 7, for the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Photo courtesy Bardavon
Christophe Landon, one of the world’s leading luthiers, will give a talk on “Mysteries of the Great Instruments” at Revel 32 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., hosted by the Bardavon, on Sunday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m.
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