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Close Encounters With Music We connect chamber-music loving listeners to performers and composers; foster the excitement and sens

02/17/2025

Our 6 Unaccompanied Bach Suites for Cello concert at Saint James Place has SOLD OUT. If you missed tickets for this performance, you can purchase tickets for "Rite of Spring" on Sunday, March 23 at 4pm at The Mahaiwe.

02/14/2025

Happy Valentine's Day! We're thinking of you. Go to the 1:17 timeline for a fabulous performance of the romantic "Speak Low" by Kurt Weill.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It has the advantage of being accurate and revealing. The trends that were hidden or misunderstood at the time come into focu...

02/09/2025

Thanks for sharing Saint James Place. Crescendo

Get your chamber music here! 🎻 Tickets available for Close Encounters With Music's Six Unaccompanied Bach Suites for Cello on Sunday, February 23, 4pm and Crescendo's Revolutionary Renaissance—Motets and Madrigals on Sunday, March 2, 6pm. Learn more on our events page.

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02/07/2025

Here Colin Carr performs Bach Suite No. 1 in G Major for Cello, BWV 1007- Prelude at the Rockport Music Festival. Enjoy!

On February 23 at 4pm, Carr and Yehuda Hanani will perform Bach's 6 Suites for Cello. Tickets available now at cewm.org. Concert at Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington.

Colin Carr, celloRockport Chamber Music FestivalShalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MassachusettsJuly 12, 2018

02/07/2025

Join us for the Berkshire High Peaks Festival for talented young musicians! Apply by March 17!
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Email from Close Encounters With Music For Outstanding International String Players, Pianists and Vocalists. Reach New Heights at the Berkshire High Peaks Festival What are you doing July 23—Augus

02/05/2025

Life can be challenging. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the Escher String Quartet 's performances of Ravel’s Quartet in F Major, Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence String Sextet, and the “1931” Quartet by Ruth Crawford Seeger. Enjoy. And subscribe to our YouTube channel!

The Souvenir de Florence String Sextet takes us on a musical excursion to Italy, whereTchaikovsky spent some of his happiest times— reflected in the unforget...

02/05/2025

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Email from Close Encounters With Music Close Encounters With Music Close Encounters With Music Presents the Complete Cycle of Bach's Six Suites for Cello Two leading Bach interpreters set out on an

02/05/2025

Congratulations to Skylark on its Grammy nomination! Well deserved.

01/31/2025

Music teachers and professionals! Do you work with talented young musicians? We know you do! It's time to apply for the Berkshire High Peaks Festival in Great Barrington, MA! Get all the details and share.
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01/28/2025

"“The wonders of Bach are inexhaustible. After decades of intimate dialogue with the suites, alone, in performance, and in masterclasses (where one is inspired as much as one inspires), I am still awed by the mastery of Johann Sebastian: his architectural strength and harmonic daring, the human truth reflected in his balancing tension and release.” For CEWM artistic director Yehuda Hanani, the suites are the end-all in classical music.

✨ Ticket Time! ✨ Concert is Sunday, February 23 at 4pm at Saint James Place in Great Barrington. https://buff.ly/41oQ618

01/26/2025

We just released this video from our YouTube vault! For the past year, only CEWM season subscribers had access to this concert at Saint James Place . Now all can enjoy.

We're looking forward to our upcoming February 23rd at 4pm performance at Saint James Place (the acoustics are fabulous!). Tickets at cewm.org . Enjoy this wonderful Avalon String Quartet Official concert from February, 2024.

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The notable Avalon String Quartet, in a Berkshires, Massachusetts premiere, perform “For Such a Time as This,” a retelling of the biblical Esther story for s...

01/24/2025

Here's a bit of Bach from a 2016 [Catskill] Berkshire High Peaks Festival performance: Brandenburg Concerto No 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZJMAZzfAjQ

Hope you're looking forward to our February 23 concert: "6 Unaccompanied Bach Suites for Cello."

Tickets here:

https://cewm.org/event/6-unaccompanied-bach-suites-for-cello-with-colin-carr-yehuda-hanani/

Adriane Post, Bayla Keyes and the Catskill High Peaks Chamber Orchestra, August 2016.

01/21/2025

Discover Colin Carr's insights on Bach's timeless suites in our latest Q&A!

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Email from Close Encounters With Music Close Encounters With Music Q & A with Celebrated Cellist Colin Carr! Colin Carr and Yehuda Hanani, two leading Bach interpreters perform on Sunday, February 2

01/15/2025

Did you attend our outdoor event in 2021 featuring PRISM Quartet? If you did, you know the magic of this wonderful saxophone ensemble. They've just released a new recording.

01/14/2025

Our February 23 concert will delight chamber music lovers, especially those who adore Bach. Reserve your tickets today.
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Two leading Bach interpreters embark on a musical journey performing Bach's Six Suites — the peak of his cello repetoire.

This performance is at Saint James Place ,352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA — the acoustics at Saint James are spectacular. Join us, won't you?

01/10/2025

Tune in on Monday, January 13 to Performance Today in its second hour for Jazz Etudes for Piano. https://buff.ly/3374SNW
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Erwin Schulhoff: Jazz Etudes for Piano
Renana Gutman, piano
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Concert Record Date: 12/12/2021
Music: 11:11

Kwame RyanJanuary 9, 2025In 1980, a young aspiring conductor watched a videotape of the New York Philharmonic, wearing the tape out as he dreamed of his future. Kwame Ryan is now in his first season as Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. On today’s show, we’ll hear them play Brah...

01/08/2025

We've uploaded fresh performance videos on our website. If you love chamber music, you'll be happy! https://buff.ly/3or7Wwd

01/07/2025

It's never too early to plan for a fabulous night out! Tickets available for 6 Unaccompanied Bach Suites for Cello. Join two leading interpreters as they embark on a journey while traversing his Six Suites, the greatest of the cello repertoire.

Purchase tickets today! https://buff.ly/41oQ618

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🎼 And we launch! Ready for music by the Schumann and Johannes Brahms. 🎶 #chambermusic #intheberkshires #greatbarrington @themahaiwe

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✨Get tickets NOW and join our adventures in chamber music 🎶 Close Encounters With Music’s 2024-2025 Season ✨sparkles✨ and vibrates with brilliant performers and thought-provoking themes October through June at The Mahaiwe and Saint James Place (Feb.). 🎵 Artistic director Yehuda Hanani welcomes audience members new to the Berkshires as well as long-time residents to join for intimate programs with outsize talent, “to regain a sense of community through the inspiring and healing effects of the best music ever penned—from over 300 years ago to almost yesterday, with the ink just drying!” 🎶 Learn more and tickets: https://cewm.org/upcoming-concerts/ Season Subscriptions: https://cewm.org/upcoming-concerts/season-tickets/ #adventuresinchambermusic #intheberkshires #theberkshires #chambermusic #classicalmusic #artsandculture #livemusic #greatbarrington #massachusetts

🎶 We're so proud of our Berkshire High Peaks Festival students and consistently moved and impressed by their performances. Come experience tonight's "Moonlight Sonatas" Farewell Concert at 7:30pm at The Kellogg Music Center, Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. No RSVP/no ticket required! #BHPF24 #chambermusic #intheberkshires

🎶 Tonight’s the night! 🎶 Our Farewell “Moonlight Sonatas” concert is Tuesday, July 30 at 7:30pm at The Kellogg Music Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock. No RSVP/free for our community. See you tonight! 🎹 Linus Tsanf and Zimeng Zhang playing Dvorak’s Four Hands. 🙌 #bhpf24 #musicfestival #musiceducation #musicintheberkshires #freeconcert #whattodointheberkshires #greatbarringtonma

This is Berkshire High Peaks resident @sebastianpichtpiano . 👏👏👏 Tonight: “Moonlight Sonatas” concert at 7:30 pm at The Kellogg Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Free and open to the public. #BHPF24 #musicfestival #pianist #musiceducation #chambermusic #intheberkshires

🎻 40 Residents 🎶 Outstanding Faculty + 17 🆓 Events = An Amazing Festival! ☀️ Our summer music festival kicks off on July 21st! All concerts, lectures, and master classes are free and open to the public at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts — no RSVP required! 👇 View the BHPF Calendar. Link in bio. #chambermusic #livemusic #musiceducation #whattodointheberkshires #greatbarrington #massachusetts #supportmusiceducation #intheberkshires @gbcultural @masscultural @berkshiremusic

Thank you to Mr. Otmar Schwartz, visiting from Vienna, for this enthusiastic and heartfelt review of Sunday’s Cafe Vienna concert! 🎶 He said, “I was overwhelmed to hear Austrian history and Austrian music and Austrian artists…I didn’t expect that I could hear - here in the countryside in the US - such wonderful music…” 🎶 And thank you to Clara Aich, friend of CEWM, for bringing him! #loveclassicalmusic #chambermusic #intheberkshires #greatbarrington #musicappreciation #musicappreciationmonday

Bravi! 🎵 Sunday’s performance was intriguing with Yehuda Hanani’s commentary on music and cross-cultural synergy. Stunning performances by Michael Chertock (including Gershwin s Rhapsody in Blue on the composition’s 100th anniversary!), violinist @itamarzorman and Yehuda Hanani. The evening completed with Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major “Gypsy” by Haydn. Thank you to our artists! If you would like to see the full concert, buy a virtual ticket and we’ll send you the link that our season subscribers receive post concert. Please contact [email protected] or call 800-843-0778. #adventuresinchambermusic #chambermusic #intheberkshires

🎶 Last April, the amazing @manhattanchamberplayers performed for us at @themahaiwe 👏👏👏👏 THIS April 14 at 4, our concert is all about cross-cultural synergy. Featured performers: Michael Chertock, piano; Itamar Zorman, violin; Yehuda Hanani, cello. Learn more and buy tickets. Link in bio. #adventuresinchambermusic #chambermusic #intheberkshires #greatbarrington #classicalmusiclover

🎶 Fond music memories. 🎶 #adventuresinchambermusic #chambermusic #intheberkshires

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Happy Holidays! We look forward to seeing you at captivating concerts in 2024!

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Twenty-seven years ago, Close Encounters' artistic director and cellist Yehuda Hanani began presenting thematic concerts of chamber music with commentary—at the time a novel and innovative format that has since become ubiquitous in the concert hall. In addition to tours that have taken the series to cities such as Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Omaha, Calgary, and Kansas City, Scottsdale, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Close Encounters presents concerts each season in the Berkshires--most often at The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. To date, over 100 themes have been explored in the series' programs. Click here to see our 2018/2019 schedule.

Close Encounters With Music also produces the Berkshire High Peaks Festival: an international group of violinists, violists, cellists and pianists who converge for intensive instrumental study and chamber music coaching with distinguished faculty. At the base of Mount Everett, The Berkshire School’s 400-acre campus in Sheffield, Massachusetts offers a breathtaking setting and a destination for world renowned arts and culture in the heart of the Berkshire Hills. The Berkshire High Peaks Residency (formerly Catskill High Peaks Festival) has evolved into a training program designed to imbue players with new ideas and approaches, inspiration, and tools for technical advancement.

Learn more about us--and how we bring chamber music and dynamic classical music education to The Berkshires and beyond.

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