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A group of contemporary artists comes to a retreat in nature to make their art. They feel the emotional weather inside of them more than they feel the weather outside of them. But extreme weather impacts them without warning and changes their lives forever. The Seasons is a meditation on the relationship between our contemporary moment and Vivaldi’s iconic music, which appreciated the harmonious seasons. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, paired with additional arias and ensembles by the composer, becomes an occasion for seeing our own disordered seasons more clearly.

A group of contemporary artists comes to a retreat in nature to make their art. They feel the emotional weather inside of them more than they feel the weather outside of them. But extreme weather impacts them without warning and changes their lives forever. The Seasons is a meditation on the relationship between our contemporary moment and Vivaldi’s iconic music, which appreciated the harmonious seasons. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, paired with additional arias and ensembles by the composer, becomes an occasion for seeing our own disordered seasons more clearly.

Pergolesi's THE MAGNIFICAT, Thompson's FROSTIANA, short works by J.S. Bach; Anita Anderson Cooper conducts 70-voice chorus and strings.

Experience an enchanting afternoon of live chamber music for piano and strings in the breathtaking, relaxed surroundings of Alyson’s Orchard in Walpole.

Richard Strauss is best known as one of the last of the Great Romantic Composers. His musical language became increasingly complex and chromatic in later life when he focused his efforts almost exclusively on orchestral works and opera. However, as a young man Strauss was raised on a strict musical diet of Classical masterworks by a very conservative musical Father. Early in his career, Strauss turned to chamber music and this program celebrates the influence of Mozart and Beethoven in Strauss’s gigantic Piano Quartet.
Program
• Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K.493
• Beethoven Piano Quartet in C major, WoO 36, No.3
• Strauss Piano Quartet, Op.13

Louisa Stonehill – Violin, Masumi Per Rostad – Viola, Thomas Mesa – Cello, Nicholas Burns – Piano

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This year's concert will feature Mozart's "Credo" Mass in C Major accompanied by an orchestra. For the second half, Music Director Marc Winer has chosen five selections: An Acclamation of Praise by Allen Pote, Afton Water by David Willcocks, Beati quorum via by C.V. Stanford, O Vos Omnes by Tomas Luis de Victoria and O be joyful in the Lord by John Rutter.

Faculty from Deerfield Academy's Music Program present a concert of chamber music, including music by Bach (Cello Suite No. 6 in D major), Brahms (2 Gesänge, Op. 91 for alto, viola and piano), Ravel (Sheherazade for soprano, flute and piano), and Louis Spohr (Sechs Deutsche Lieder, Op. 103 for soprano, clarinet and piano). Performers: Yu-Mei Wei - piano, Anthony Berner - violin, Xiao-Lan Wan - cello, Lynn Sussman - clarinet, Sarah Swersey - flute, Caitlin Felsman - soprano, Nora Maynard - soprano, Sophie Michaux - soprano.

The musicians of CMS, led by Artistic Director Wu Han, perform Schubert’s iconic and charismatic “Trout” quintet. Noted for its unique instrumentation and light-hearted nature the work has endured as one of the most significant pieces of the chamber repertoire. The program begins with the often-overlooked music of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (the oldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach) featuring his Fugue in F minor, arranged for string trio by non-other than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose Adagio and Fugue in C minor and joyful piano quartet in E-flat major round out the program.

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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, and Jung-A Bang on piano, the program will include Ludwig van Beethoven’s Trio in B-flat major, Op. 1; Florence Price’s Fantasie No. 1 in G minor and Ernst von (or Ernö) Dohnány’s Sextet in C major. Op. 37.
These concerts, which benefit the West Stockbridge Historical Society, routinely sell out, so order your tickets today! Tickets ($35 for members, $40 for non-members) can be reserved at www.weststockbridgehistory.org. Limited seating — first come, first served.

The Alliage Quintet is the most charming and creative fusion of four saxophones and a piano. Unique to this ensemble, which has been awarded two Echo Klassik prizes, is a sound that evokes the fullness of a large orchestra while also preserving the melodic and expressive capabilities of a saxophone quartet. Program will include works by Bernstein, Bach, Vivaldi, Shostakovich, and more.

Acclaimed pianist Christopher Harding, Chair and Professor of Piano at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance, will give a fascinating lecture-recital to explore the human relationship between Robert and Clara Schumann through Robert's masterful Kreisleriana, op. 16, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann's writing. Free and open to the public.