June 24 Jason Vieaux Guitar in the Garden Sunday, 4:30pm ~ Sunken Garden Tickets: General Admission - $30.00, Garden Seating - $15.00 Buy Now Immediately re-engaged after his exquisite recital in the Sunken Garden last summer, Jason Vieaux—one of the 'youngest stars of the guitar world' ( New York Times)—returns to spin masterful musical tapestries out of yet another expansive program.  | June 29 Chamber Music Goes Late-Night Caramoor Virtuosi Friday, 8:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard Tickets: $15.00, $25.00, $35.00 Buy Now More Info Caramoor Virtuosi Edward Arron, Artistic Director and cello; Jesse Mills, violin; Nicholas Cords, viola; Max Mandel, viola; Alice Yoo, cello; Jeewon Park , piano Mozart ~ Frank Bridge ~ Arvo Pärt ~ Mendelssohn Late-night performances With consummate artistry and fascinating programs, the Caramoor Virtuosi explore and animate the treasure trove of the chamber music literature pairing masterpieces with the less known and the more recent. Stay late for refreshments and the Virtuosi taking their name seriously in performances of solo encores and ‘show(off)’ pieces.  | July 1 The Art of the Duo Beethoven’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Part I) Sunday, 4:30pm ~ Venetian Theater Tickets: $15.00, $20.00, $30.00, $40.00 Buy Now Jesse Mills, violin; Rieko Aizawa, piano; Colin Jacobsen, violin; Soovin Kim, violin; Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano Beethoven's ten sonatas for violin and piano redefined the art of duo music-making. In Part 1 of the complete sonatas, five different duos—some of the most creative, insightful, and dramatic interpreters today—tackle five of these masterworks and demonstrate why Beethoven remains, to this day, a source of inspiration for musicians and audiences alike. Introduce your family to Caramoor and enjoy the sounds of the concert from the Picnic Lawns. Concert Al Fresco tickets $10.00 Buy Now  | July 8 Brentano String Quartet Fragments: Connecting Past and Present Sunday, 4:30pm ~ Venetian Theater Tickets: $15.00, $20.00, $30.00, $40.00 Buy Now More Info Wuorinen ~ Schubert ~ Adolphe ~ Bach ~ Gubaidulina ~ Haydn ~ Harbison ~ Shostakovich ~ Hartke ~ Mozart ~ Iyer The Brentano String Quartet’s unsurpassable creativity and rigor has made them to top American quartet performing today. To help celebrate their 20th anniversary as a quartet, Caramoor co-commissioned ‘Fragments: Connecting Past and Present’. The Brentanos invited six living composers to write pieces related to fragmentary works by past masters—a formidable project opening the present onto the past. Introduce your family to Caramoor and enjoy the sounds of the concert from the Picnic Lawns. Concert Al Fresco tickets $10.00 Buy Now  | July 13 Linden String Quartet with Gabriel Kahane 2011-12 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence Friday, 8:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard Tickets: $15.00, $25.00, $35.00 Buy Now More Info Linden String Quartet; Gabriel Kahane, voice and composer John Corigliano ~ Gabriel Kahane ~ Beethoven Closing out its Caramoor Residency, the riveting Linden String Quartet delves into an exploration of the mutual influences of music and literature. The Lindens team up with singer-songwriter and polymath Gabriel Kahane for world and East Coast premieres in a program set in relief by Corigliano’s intriguing approach and anchored by Beethoven’s late masterpiece.  | July 20 Brooklyn Rider Friday, 8:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard Tickets: $15.00, $25.00, $35.00 Buy Now More Info Brooklyn Rider ~ Ljova ~ Colin Jacobsen ~ Beethoven ~ Romanian Traditional Digging into a wildly eclectic repertoire with a gripping performance style, the genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider has been garnering popular and critical acclaim across the musical spectrum—from classical, to world music, to rock. NPR credits Brooklyn Rider with " recreating the 300-year-old form of the string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble." A Caramoor debut not to be missed.  | July 27 Pacifica Quartet with Anthony McGill 2001-02 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence Friday, 8:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard Tickets: $15.00, $25.00, $35.00 Buy Now More Info Pacifica Quartet; Anthony McGill, clarinet Mozart ~ Janácek ~ Smetana Since its Caramoor residency, the Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet has taken the chamber music world by storm. Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberance, and daring, the Pacificas team up with Anthony McGill (Principle Clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) for Mozart’s lyrical Clarinet Quintet leading into Smetana’s and Janacek’s autobiographical gems. All artists and programs are subject to change without notice. |