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"Exemplary matching of inflection, phrasing,
ornamentation, and feeling"
- The New Yorker

Caramoor International Music Festival
presents
AULOS ENSEMBLE - HANDEL'S AVIARY
With
Dominique Labelle
Friday, July 17th, 8:00pm

Katonah, New York  - The Aulos Ensemble, the peerless baroque band on period instruments, will be joined by the phenomenal soprano Dominique Labelle for a celebration of Handel's vocal and instrumental work at the 2009 Caramoor International Music Festival on Friday, July 17th at 8:00pm.  The performance in the Spanish Courtyard of the historic Rosen House at Caramoor will include a suite from the Water Music and other works including arias evoking nature and the trilling sounds of birds.

Formed in 1973 by five graduates of The Juilliard School, the Aulos Ensemble was at the forefront of the now vigorous movement to perform with original period instruments. With the release of their first recording in 1978, Aulos' reputation for exhilarating performances informed with scholarly insight was firmly established.  Since the 1980's, Aulos has brought the joy of its music making to an ever-larger public through its appearances on America's major chamber music series and its expanding discography.  It inaugurated a New York concert series featuring guest artists prominent in the field of original instruments collaborating with the ensemble.  Members of the Aulos Ensemble are Christopher Krueger, playing flute; Marc Schachman, playing Baroque oboe; Linda Quan, playing Baroque violin; Myron Lutzke, playing Baroque violoncello; and Arthur Haas playing harpsichord.

Born in Montreal, Dominique Labelle first came to international prominence as Donna Anna in Peter Sellar's stunning PepsiCo Summerfare Festival production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, set in Spanish Harlem, which she performed in New York, Paris and Vienna. Since then she has been acclaimed in a repertoire that ranges from Bach to 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner Yehudi Wyner. She has worked with conductors from Boulez to Zinman, and orchestras from Atlanta to San Francisco. She is a regular guest soloist in Europe.

Tickets
Tickets for the Aulos Ensemble - Handel's Aviary are $25.00 and $35.00 and may be purchased at the Caramoor Box Office, 914.232.1252 or ordered online at www.caramoor.org.

Groups of 16 or more may purchase discounted tickets by contacting Matthew Scarella at 914.232.5035 ext. 266 or matthew@caramoor.org.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road in Katonah, New York.

About Caramoor
Caramoor is the legacy of Walter and Lucie Rosen, who built their summer home - now known as the historic Rosen House at Caramoor - and filled it with their treasures.  Walter Rosen was the master planner for the Caramoor estate, bringing to reality his dream of creating a place to entertain friends from around the world.  Their musical evenings were the seeds of today's Caramoor International Music Festival.  Realizing the pleasure their friends took in the beauty of Caramoor - the house with artworks spanning the centuries from B.C.E. to the 20th-century, the gardens, and the musical programs on summer evenings - in 1946 the Rosens established a public charity to open Caramoor to the community.

Lucie Rosen survived her husband by seventeen years.  During those years, she expanded the Music Festival: the Spanish Courtyard was used as a setting for musical events, as it is today, and, under her direction, the great stage of the Venetian Theater was built.

Caramoor is often described as "a Garden of Great Music" where audiences are invited to come early, explore the beautiful grounds, take a tour of the Rosen House, visit the gift shop, enjoy a pre-concert picnic, and discover beautiful music in the relaxed settings of the Venetian Theater, Spanish Courtyard, Music Room of the Rosen House, and the magnificent gardens.  With its unique heritage, Caramoor remains a place where magical summer days and nights are shared and enjoyed by thousands. "Caramoor is the loveliest Festival of them all." - The New York Times

Concert Venues, Art and Gardens
Concerts take place in two outdoor theaters: the 1,714-seat, acoustically superb Venetian Theater and the more intimate, romantic Spanish Courtyard.  Caramoor is more than just music - there is beauty at every turn.  The Rosens were prolific collectors and the Rosen House contains artworks spanning the centuries from B.C.E. to the 20th-century, including furniture, tapestries, sculpture, paintings, textiles, porcelain, and jade in twenty rooms that are open to the public.  There are entire rooms that were imported from European palaces and villas making the Rosen House one of just five mansions in the country that imported and incorporated entire rooms.  On Thursdays and Fridays, afternoon tea is served in the Summer Dining Room, overlooking the charming Spanish Courtyard.

Caramoor's gardens are also well worth the visit and include nine unique perennial gardens.  Among them are a Sense Circle for the visually handicapped, a Butterfly Garden, Tapestry Hedge, and Iris and Peony Garden, which may be enjoyed on one's own or seen on a guided tour.

Enjoy a Picnic at Caramoor
Extend your Caramoor experience by arriving for concerts early and enjoying a picnic amidst the beautiful gardens.  Bring your own picnic or pre-order from Great Performances® by calling 212.337.6055.

Caramoor Al Fresco
Introduce your family to Caramoor and enjoy the sounds of the concert from the picnic lawns for only $10.00 per ticket on the following Sunday afternoons at 4:30pm:  June 28 (Tiempo Libre), July 5 (Pacifica Quartet with Jeremy Denk), July 12 (Brentano String Quartet), July 19 (Paquito D'Rivera), and July 26 (Vladimir Feltsman).

Rosen House
Guided tours of the historic Rosen House at Caramoor are provided from Wednesday through Sunday, 1:00pm-4:00pm with the last tour at 3:00pm.  On Saturdays, during the Festival, tours are given from 1:00pm-5:00pm, with the last tour at 4:00pm.  Tickets are $10.00 (children 16 and under free).

GETTING TO CARAMOOR
Caramoor is easy to get to by car and mass transportation.  The Caramoor Caravan is available for Bel Canto at Caramoor performances.

By car from the West Side of Manhattan and New Jersey, take the Saw Mill River Parkway north to Katonah.  Exit at Route 35/Cross River.  Turn right and, at the first traffic light, make a right turn onto Route 22 south. Travel 1.9 miles to the junction of Girdle Ridge Road. Follow the signs to Caramoor.  (For detailed directions call 914.232.5035 and press 2, or online at www.caramoor.org).  Parking at Caramoor is free.

By train, take the Harlem Division of the Metro-North Railroad to Katonah, New York. Taxi service from the station to Caramoor (5 minutes away) is available.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York.

Caramoor International Music Festival
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AULOS ENSEMBLE - HANDEL'S AVIARY

July 17                                                                    Aulos Ensemble
Friday, 8:00pm                               Christopher Krueger, flauto traverso & recorder
Spanish Courtyard                                      Marc Schachman, Baroque oboe
$25, $35                                                          Linda Quan, Baroque violin
                                                                      Myron Lutzke, Baroque cello
                                                                        Arthur Haas, harpsichord
                                                                       Dominique Labelle, soprano

Program:
Handel  Concerto in G minor for oboe and Strings

Grave
Allegro
Sarabande
Allegro
Handel  "Softest Sounds" from Athalia 
Handel  "Lascia la spina" from Triumph of Time and Truth 
Handel  "M'adora l'idol" from Teseo 
Handel  G major Suite (#3) from Water Music
   (Sarabande)
   Rigaudons
   Menuets
   Country Dance
Handel   Dances for King George: excerpts from Royal
Fireworks and Water Music
      Bourrée from Watermusic Suite in F
      Hornpipe from Watermusic Suite F
      Menuet from Music for the Royal Fireworks
      Chaconne from Terpsicore
Handel  Concerto a quattro in D minor for flute, violin,
  violoncello, and basso continuo
      Adagio
      Allegro
      Largo
      Allegro
Handel  Aviary: "La dove gli occhi io giro" from Admeto 
"As when the dove" from Acis and Galatea 
"Sweet Bird" from L'Allegro ed il Penseroso
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TICKETS
Tickets may be ordered by online at www.caramoor.org or by calling the Caramoor Box Office at 914.232.1252. 

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York.

ALL PROGRAMS AND ARTISTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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Performances are made possible, in part, by Arts Westchester, with funds from the Westchester County Government

Performances are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts a state agency