Close Encounters With Music: 6 Unaccompanied Bach Suites for Cello (SOLD-OUT)

St. James Place 352 Main St, Great Barrington, MA

6 Unaccompanied Bach Suites for Cello features Colin Carr and Yehuda Hanani on Sunday, February 23 at 4pm. Two leading Bach interpreters embark on a journey while traversing his Six Suites, the apogee of the cello repertoire. Filled with mystery and beauty, blasted through with rapture, every note is a bold statement. Music that first […]

$55

Historic Organ Rededication Concert

First Congregational Church of Stockbridge 4 Main St, Stockbridge, MA

Three organists concertize on the church's recently restored historic 1865 Johnson organ, following the completion of restoration funded through the church's capital campaign. Tim Pyper, Edwin Lawrence and Brian Hoffman are the guest organists. Free and open to the public; reception to follow. Freewill offering will be collected

Free

Crescendo: Revolutionary Renaissance—Motets and Madrigals

St. James Place 352 Main St, Great Barrington, MA

This program features motets by the Portuguese composer Vicente Lusitano, one of the earliest known mixed-race composers of African descent, whose works were published in his lifetime. Lusitano’s style resembles Josquin des Prez’, and is highly complex and of extraordinary beauty. We still know very little about female composers of those times, as it was […]

$40 – $75

Berkshire Symphony

Williams College 54 Chapin Hall Dr, Williamstown, MA

The Williams College Department of Music presents the Berkshire Symphony in concert. This exciting performance features the following works: Grace Hale – This Is Not a Dream Claude Debussy – Danses sacrée et profane Antonin Dvorak – Symphony No. 8 This event is free and open to the public. There are no reservations or ticketing. […]

Free

Williams Chamber Players

Williams College 54 Chapin Hall Dr, Williamstown, MA

Williams Chamber Players opens the concert season with a concert featuring great works performed by outstanding music faculty. The Williams Chamber Players is a faculty chamber ensemble that presents concerts for the college and community throughout the academic year. Repertoire for concerts is drawn from the standard chamber music with special attention to music of […]

Free

Music in the Manton: Flore Laurentienne

The Clark Art Institute 225 South St, Williamstown, MA

Flore Laurentienne, Canadian Mathieu David Gagnon's incomparable music project, comes from a happy marriage between electronic music and classically influenced music. The project is committed to constantly pushing the boundaries between various musical genres, such as ambient, experimental, and progressive rock. Flore Laurentienne has recently released a new album, 8 tableaus, available on Secret City […]

$10

TLI Chamber Concert

Tanglewood 297 West Street, Lenox, MA

Studio E, Linde Center for Music and Learning, Lenox/Stockbridge, MA Bracha Malkin and Bonnie Bewick, violins Danny Kim, viola Mickey Katz, cello DOHNÁNYI Serenade in C, Op. 10 Oleg PONOMAREV (Arr. Bonnie BEWICK) Polonez, for string quartet TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

$35

Close Encounters With Music: “Right of Spring” – Rachmaninoff / Stravinsky

Mahaiwe 14 Castle St, Great Barrington, MA, United States

Two monumental works, two Russian ex-pats of the same aristocratic background—and two divergent extremes. One, a master of nostalgia and a formidable pianist, follows in the footsteps of Chopin. The other, a trailblazer, scandalizer and collaborator of Picasso delights in breaking old molds—though harking back to traditional Russian folk material—and ushers in a new age […]

$28 – $52

TLI Presents: Akropolis Reed Quintet

Tanglewood 297 West Street, Lenox, MA

Studio E, Linde Center for Music and Learning Celebrating their 16th season as “a sonically daring ensemble who specializes in performing new works with charisma and integrity” (BBC Music Magazine), the Akropolis Reed Quintet comprises five reed players and entrepreneurs unbounded by limits or categorization. Described by The Wire as a “collective voice driven by […]

$35

Performing Artists in Residence Concert

The Clark Art Institute 225 South St, Williamstown, MA

Jeewon Park (piano) and Edward Arron (cello), artistic directors of the Clark's Performing Artists in Residence program, are joined by exceptional collaborators in presenting an inspirational afternoon of musical masterworks, featuring Mozart and Fauré piano quartets. Tickets $25 ($20 members, free for students with valid ID). For accessibility questions, call 413 458 0524. Advance registration […]

$25

Four Nations Ensemble

Trinity Episcopal Church 88 Walker St, Lenox, MA

Pascale Beaudin and Andrew Appel from the Four Nations Ensemble bring you a bouquet of love songs, from the heartbroken, to the erotic! These mini masterpieces, framed by harpsichord music will warm up an early spring day. $35 suggested donation. Tickets only available at the door.

$35

The West Stockbridge Chamber Players (Almost) Spring Concert

West Stockbridge Congregational Church 45 Main St, West Stockbridge, MA, United States

The West Stockbridge Chamber Players (Almost) Spring Concert will take place on Sunday, March 30, 2025, at 3:30 PM at the Congregational Church, 45 Main Street in West Stockbridge. Featuring the Chamber Players’ artistic director Catherine Hudgins on clarinet, Jason Snider on horn, Sheila Fiekowsky on violin, Daniel Getz on viola, Christine Lee on cello, […]

$35 – $40

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