CHAMBER MUSIC

   These intimate presentations remain at the core of Caramoor’s Festival program,
  offering a broad array of superstars and new faces. 
 

June 24 Jason Vieaux
Guitar in the Garden
Sunday, 4:30pm ~ Sunken Garden
Tickets: General Admission Chairs - $30.00, General Admission Lawn - $15.00   Buy Now   Program Notes

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 what promises to be 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; Tessa Lark, violin; Nicholas Cords, viola; Max Mandel, viola; Alice Yoo, cello; Jeewon Park, piano; Zachary Cohen, bass

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 Beethoven’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano
The Art of the Duo
Sunday, 4:30pm ~ Venetian Theater
Tickets: $15.00, $20.00, $30.00, $40.00    Buy Now

Jesse Mills, violin; Rieko Aizawa, piano; David McCarroll, violin; Gabriele Carcano, piano; Yura Lee, violin; Dina Vainshtein, piano; Soovin Kim, violin; Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano;
Colin Jacobsen, violin; Adam Golka, piano

Five young duos tackle half of Beethoven's ten sonatas for violin and piano. Recorded by every great violinist of the past 60 years, these sonatas remain at the apex of the chamber music repertory. What are the traditions, and what are the new views on interpreting these masterpieces? These five leading teams give us the 21st century viewpoint of the state of Beethoven in our modern world.

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    Program Notes

Wuorinen ~ Schubert ~ Adolphe ~ Bach ~ Gubaidulina ~ Haydn ~ Harbison ~ Shostakovich ~ Hartke ~ Mozart ~ Iyer

The Brentano String Quartet’s unsurpassed creativity and rigor has made them the 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
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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 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 (Principal Clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) for Mozart’s lyrical Clarinet Quintet leading into Smetana’s and Janacek’s autobiographical gems.
 

August 3 Trio Cavatina
Friday, 8:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
Tickets: $15.00, $25.00, $35.00   Buy Now   More Info

Schumann ~ Joan Tower ~ Gabriela Ortiz Torres ~ Dvorak

Winner of the 2009 Naumburg International Chamber Music Competition, Trio Cavatina is known for their committed music-making and potent interpretations of the piano trio literature, this ensemble puts the ‘chamber’ back in chamber music.  San Francisco Examiner
 

All artists and programs are subject to change without notice.