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2010 INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
| | Week One
June 26 & 27 | | | Week Two
July 1 - 4 | | | Week Three
July 8 - 11 | | | Week Four
July 15 - 18 | | | Week Five
July 22 - 25 | | | Week Six
July 29 - August 1 | | | | | | Fall Festival
September 24 -October 3 |
June 26 Opening Night Concert: Mitsuko Uchida
Saturday, 8:30pm ~ Venetian Theater
Mitsuko Uchida, piano & conductor; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Michael Barrett, conductor
| Mozart | Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K.183 | | Mozart | Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338 | | Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595 |
Mitsuko Uchida--one of the great pianists of our time--returns to Caramoor to open the 65th International Music Festival. Renowned for her profound and passionate interpretations, she will conduct the Orchestra of St. Luke’s from the piano in a performance of Mozart’s last piano concerto K. 595. Michael Barrett and Caramoor’s resident orchestra delve into Mozart’s Symphonies Nos. 25 and 34. Whatever code unlocks the mysteries of Mozart, the pianist Mitsuko Uchida seems to carry it in her DNA … in the fullest and most poetic sense…
--Boston Globe
June 27 Tiempo Libre with Paquito D'Rivera
Sunday, 4:30pm ~ Venetian Theater
Tiempo Libre, with special guest Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet and saxophone
On the heels of their scorching debut last summer, two-time Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre returns to Caramoor, with fellow Cuban and Sonidos Latinos favorite Paquito D'Rivera, in a high voltage performance that will have you dancing in the aisles.
Most times it is cliché to say that a Latin band is "hot". But with Tiempo Libre we are reminded that clichés are so named because obviously truths are at their base. Be warned : Muy caliente! -Hispanic Magazine
Back To Top July 1 Lukasz Kuropaczewski
Guitar in the Garden
Thursday, 7:30pm ~ Sunken Garden
Lukasz Kuropaczewski, guitar
| Giuliani | Rossiniana No. 3, Op. 121 | | Ponce | 10 Preludes | | Albeniz | Asturias from Suita Española | | Sor | Grand Solo Op. 14 | | José | Sonata |
This phenomenal young Polish master has it all. Astonishing and effortless technical virtuosity and a white-hot musical imagination provide thrills and revelations in both familiar and unusual repertoire. When even the sound of a trial chord during tuning ravishes your ear, you know you’re in the presence of an extraordinary artist.
July 2 2 Foot Yard
Friday, 8:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
Carla Kihlstedt, violin, vocals; Marika Hughes, cello, vocals; Shahzad Ismaily, percussion, guitar
2 Foot Yard: a very small urban garden in which things grow organically, both feeding off of and defying their greater context.
Straddling the musical worlds of American popular song, chamber music, and modern currents of pop music, 2 Foot Yard has created an original musical imprint (footprint?) in the latest explorations of art and entertainment. Carla Kihlstedt's songwriting, vocalism, and Juilliard-trained violin playing is backed up by Marika Hughes and Shazad Ismaily. Carla Kihlstedt's songwriting will reward those seeking out the latest in hip musical sophistication.
Imagine Laurie Anderson with for-real violin chops; a voice that soars from singer/songwriter pathos to grunge rock wail; and gently off-kilter art songs that recall Charles Ives. -- The Seattle Times
July 3 New Shoots Festival
Saturday, all day ~ Venetian Theater
Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile; Crooked Still; Sandra Wong and the New Trad Trio
Caramoor presents its first New Shoots Bluegrass Festival with three groups that are transforming and re-interpreting the traditions of bluegrass and traditional music. The Punch Brothers, featuring virtuoso mandolinist Chris Thile - renowned for his incredible spontaneity and restless imagination - is the hottest group to be creating wide - ranging music out of the worlds of bluegrass, folk, and chamber music. Crooked Still, the hot young alternative bluegrass group whose soaring vocals and high-wire solos have enraptured audiences all over North America, is on a mission to bend the boundaries of traditional music, From Irish, Old-time, and Bluegrass to Swedish folk music, Sandra Wong-fiddle and nyckelharpa-is a veritable encyclopedia of traditional musics from around the globe.
Y’all come, picnic, stay the day.
| 4:00pm | Sandra Wong and the New Trad Trio | | 5:30pm | Crooked Still | | 7:00pm | Dinner Break | | 8:00pm | Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile |
July 4 Pops, Patriots and Fireworks
Fireworks Display to Follow the Concert (for ticket holders only)
Sunday, 8:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Rob Schwimmer, theremin; Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Michael Barrett, conductor
| Sousa | Stars and Stripes Forever | | Ives | Variations on America | | Grofé | On the Trail, from Grand Canyon Suite | | Tchaikovsky | 1812 Overture |
Michael Barrett leads the orchestra of St. Luke's in saluting our Nation's 234th birthday. Tchaikovsky's famous 1812 Overture will be paired with American patriotic favorites by Sousa and Ferde Grofe (On the Trail). The first electronic instrument ever invented-the Theremin-championed by Caramoor's founder Lucie Rosen, will make a guest appearance under the skilled fingers of Rob Schwimmer. A spectacular fireworks display promptly follows the concert.
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July 8 Anthony McGill avec ses amis
Thursday, 7:30pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
| Messager | Solo de concours for clarinet and piano | | Debussy | Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano, L.116 | | Saint-Saëns | Clarinet Sonata in E-flat, Op. 167 | | Stravinsky | L'Histoire du soldat |
Cultivating a major tradition, French composers have created an ethereal body of work for the clarinet. The superlative Anthony McGill, Principal Clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, invites friends to explore the extraordinary realms of French clarinet music and Stravinsky's nearly-French Histoire du soldat.
July 9 ETHEL
Friday, 8:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
Cornelius Dufallo, violin; Mary Rowell, violin; Ralph Farris, viola; Dorothy Lawson, cello
| Philip Glass | selections from The Hours | | Phil Kline | The Blue Room | | Terry Riley | Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector | | Mark Stewart | To Whom It May Concern Thank You |
The relentlessly inventive, high-octane, amplified string quartet ETHEL continues Caramoor's Extreme Chamber Music series' exploration of music beyond boundaries. Constantly re-imagining the possibilities of performance, ETHEL embraces today's most exhilarating music with emphasis on works composed since 1995. Their improvisatory spirit and fierce intensity make an ETHEL concert an event not to be missed.
The potency of an amplified edgy rock band... crank up the intensity, and throw in some improvisation and you’ll get New York's most daring string quartet sensation, ETHEL. -Strings Magazine
July 10 Bellini: Norma I
Bel Canto at Caramoor
Saturday, 8:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Orchestra of St. Luke's, Caramoor Opera Chorus; Will Crutchfield, conductor
Angela Meade, soprano; Keri Alkema, soprano; Emmanuel di Villarosa, tenor; Daniel Mobbs, bass-baritone Norma is the unquestioned pinnacle of bel canto opera, the favored role of its greatest exponents from the days of Giuditta Pasta and Giulia Grisi down to Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland. American soprano Angela Meade essays the part for the first time, returning after her triumphant Caramoor debut in Semiramide made "best-of-the-year" short-lists in both The New Yorker and The New York Times. Keri Alkema, lauded for her fiery Donna Elvira in the new City Opera production of Don Giovanni, makes her debut as Adalgisa; tenor Emmanuel di Villarosa (hailed as "possibly the best Alvaro since Richard Tucker" at Caramoor in 2008) and our star bass-baritone Daniel Mobbs ("a showstopper" in Semiramide) complete the cast. July 11 Midori in Recital
Sunday, 4:30pm ~ Venetian Theater
Midori, violin; Ozgur Aydin, piano | Beethoven | Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 | | Bloch | Violin Sonata No. 2 (Poème mystique) | | Szymanowski | Mythes, Op. 30 | | Brahms | Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 |
In a realm of her own, Midori needs no introduction. Her development from the technical virtuosity and poise of her child prodigy years to a deeply expressive and powerful artist has set Midori apart as a master musician. She joins forces with pianist Ozgur Aydin--winner of the ARD International Music Competition 1997 in Munich--in a profoundly poetic program that plumbs the depths of musical beauty and expression.
Back To Top July 15 Chopin Bel Canto
Chopin at 200
Thursday, 7:30pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
Bel Canto at Caramoor Young Artists; Vassily Primakov, piano
Works by: Chopin, Donizetti, Rossini, Bordogni, de Garaudé and transcriptions by: Viardot, Giacobetti, Rothmülle
When Chopin was a young man, bel canto opera was the most popular music in the world, and it was the music he loved best: "His playing," reported one pupil, "is based entirely on the singing of Pasta, Malibran and Rubini-he says so himself!" The last half-century has seen that music return to the mainstream after generations of neglect. Bel Canto at Caramoor celebrates the great composer's 200th birthday with a program combining the vocal music Chopin loved with the compositions in which he idealized and transformed it into his own unique language. The virtuoso Russian poet of the piano-Vassily Primakov-performs a selection of Chopin's Nocturnes, Mazurkas, a Ballade and a Waltz-works that solidified the composer's reputation as an absolute master of the piano.
July 16 Bellini, Norma II
Bel Canto at Caramoor
Thursday, 8:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Orchestra of St. Luke's, Caramoor Opera Chorus; Will Crutchfield, conductor
Angela Meade, soprano; Keri Alkema, soprano; Emmanuel di Villarosa, tenor; Daniel Mobbs, bass-baritone Norma is the unquestioned pinnacle of bel canto opera, the favored role of its greatest exponents from the days of Giuditta Pasta and Giulia Grisi down to Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland. American soprano Angela Meade essays the part for the first time, returning after her triumphant Caramoor debut in Semiramide made "best-of-the-year" short-lists in both The New Yorker and The New York Times. Keri Alkema, lauded for her fiery Donna Elvira in the new City Opera production of Don Giovanni, makes her debut as Adalgisa; tenor Emmanuel di Villarosa (hailed as "possibly the best Alvaro since Richard Tucker" at Caramoor in 2008) and our star bass-baritone Daniel Mobbs ("a showstopper" in Semiramide) complete the cast.
July 17 Family Concert
Sandra Wong and The New Trad Trio
Saturday, 1:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Sandra Wong, nyckelharpa, fiddle, cross-tuned fiddles, and voice
Dominick Leslie, mandolin
Ty Burhoe, tabla, world hand-percussion
Sandra Wong and her New Trad Trio take your family on a musical journey featuring traditional folk musics from around the world played on over a dozen different instruments. Bring your family on this interactive trip with us and discover the Swedish nyckelharpa and much more.
July 17 And For Children Under 6...
a program of their own - SoundWorld!
Saturday, 1:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
Katie Kresek, Family Program Designer
Featuring the dynamic young group Kaleidoscope (The Teaching Artists Ensemble of the New York Philharmonic), SoundWorld! blends classical, folk, and world music genres into an energetic and imaginative musical trip around the world! Through a unique approach to interactive performance, Kaleidoscope will invite the audience into a world of cultures by engaging children and their families through rhythmic activities, singing, close listening, questioning, and movement. The program will cross musical bridges of all kinds to transport the audience from Africa to South America to Asia... (and even some surprise destinations!).
July 17 Schumann the Romantic
Saturday, 8:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Vladimir Feltsman, piano; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Robert Spano, conductor | Schumann | Overture to Manfred, Op. 115 | | Schumann | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 | | Schumann | Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op.97 (Rhenish) |
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann’s birth, Caramoor welcomes Maestro Robert Spano, Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony, for his debut performance at Caramoor. Each of the works on this program conveys Schumann’s devotion to the expression of poetic imagery for the concentration and amplification of emotion in his music. The works are by turns noble, mysterious, naive and joyful, and remain fresh and appealing to new audiences. Vladimir Feltsman, a Caramoor favorite, returns following his revelatory recital last summer.
July 18 Schumann and Chopin at 200
Sunday, 4:30pm ~ Venetian Theater
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Michael Barrett, Ken Noda, Jeewon Park, pianos; Edward Arron, Alexis Pia Gerlach, cellos; Stewart Rose, horn
| Schumann | Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 | | Schumann | Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 | | Chopin | Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65 | | Schumann | Andante and Variations for two Pianos, two Cellos, and Horn |
2010 marks the 200th anniversaries of both Chopin's and Schumann's births, and Caramoor celebrates these two quintessential Romantics with a mixed program demonstrating their artistic genius and passion. Complemented by some of today's consummate chamber musicians and Caramoor favorites, the young mezzo Sasha Cooke, who recently made her Metropolitan Opera debut and who promises to be one the great singers of her generation, performs Schumann's overwhelming A Woman's Love and Life: a perfect vehicle for her artistry.
Back To Top July 22 Jupiter String Quartet with Jon Nakamatsu
2005-06 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence
Thursday, 7:30pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
| Beethoven | String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 (Harp) | | Dan Visconti | Ramshackle Songs | | Schumann | Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 |
In the process of establishing a major career, the Jupiter String Quartet--Caramoor's 2005-06 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence--returns to the festival with an impassioned and intriguing program: Beethoven's heroic Harp quartet, Ramshackle Songs composed for them by the young Dan Visconti, followed by one of the most beloved of all chamber works--Schumann's Piano Quintet--with 1997 Van Cliburn Gold medalist pianist Jon Nakamatsu.
July 23 Caramoor Virtuosi I
Friday, 8:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
Jeewon Park, piano and harmonium; Jesse Mills, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Yura Lee, violin and viola; Max Mandel, viola; Edward Arron, Artistic Director and cello; Priscilla Lee, cello
| Schubert | Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F Major for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello, D. 487 | | Shostakovich | Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 | | Beethoven | String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29 |
July 24 Donizetti: Maria di Rohan
Bel Canto at Caramoor
Saturday, 8:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Orchestra of St. Luke's, Caramoor Opera Chorus; Will Crutchfield, conductor
Jennifer Rowley, soprano; Luciano Botelho, tenor; Scott Bearden, baritone; Vanessa Cariddi, mezzo-soprano
CAST CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT:
The role of Maria will be sung by Jennifer Rowley, replacing Takesha Meshe Kizart, who is ill. Caramoor thanks Ms. Rowley for stepping into the role on extremely short notice with a single rehearsal.
Maria di Rohan is one of the most astonishing products of Donizetti's last years in the theater, when his art progressed by leaps and bounds just as a fatal illness was about to overtake him. It may be his most modern opera: a taut, intimate drama of affection and violence that prefigures the world of Un ballo in maschera, Eugene Onegin and Werther. Fast-rising Brazilian tenor Luciano Botelho is her lover, the dashing Count of Chalais, in his first-ever U.S. appearance; former Young Artist Scott Bearden makes his Caramoor mainstage debut as Maria's husband, the Duke of Chevreuse.
July 25 Caramoor Virtuosi II
Sunday, 4:30pm ~ Venetian Theater
Jeewon Park, piano and harmonium; Jesse Mills, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Yura Lee, violin and viola; Max Mandel, viola; Edward Arron, Artistic Director and cello; Priscilla Lee, cello
| Dvorak | Bagatelles for Two Violins, Cello and Harmonium, Op. 47 | | Sollima | Selections from Viaggio in Italia for Two Violins, Viola and two Cellos (2000) | | Chausson | Concerto in D Major for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21 |
July 29 Leipzig String Quartet
Thursday, 7:30pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
| Mozart | String Quartet No. 17 in B flat, K.458 (The Hunt) | | Tan Dun | Eight Colors for String Quartet | | Beethoven | String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 |
Originally formed two decades ago by the string principals of the renowned Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Leipzig String Quartet has become one of the towering and most versatile European string quartets. Known for its meticulously sculpted interpretations and its distinctive dark timbre, they present two innovative masterpieces by Mozart and Beethoven, and Tan Dun's first work upon arriving in New York City.
July 30 Christopher O'Riley's Out Of My Hands
Friday, 8:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
Christopher O’Riley, piano
Works by: Bach, Scarlatti, Ades, Ravel, Scriabin, Raymond Scott, Radiohead, Portishead, The Cure, The Smiths, Tori Amos, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, including the world premiere performance of Kenneth Fuchs Falling Man Canons.
Christopher O'Riley, one of the leading pianists of his generation and host of NPR's From the Top, stretches the boundaries of the classical piano repertoire with his latest project Out of My Hands. Weaving his re-imaginings of music of R.E.M., Nirvana, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, Radiohead and works by Ravel, Shostakovich, Adams and Ades, together with his eloquent and compelling musings on music and popular culture, O'Riley breaks into uncharted territory exploring the paths in and out of this wealth of material, melding the familiar with the fresh.
July 31 Dr. John and the Lower 9-11
Saturday, 8:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Legendary pianist and singer, Dr. John (Right Place Wrong Time; Such a Night) has been cookin' up a gumbo of New Orleans-style R&B, blues, rock and boogie-woogie since the 60's. A celebrated icon and peerless performer, this classic rocker with the legendary gravely drawl and a buoyant riot of swamp-voodoo piano grooves, is at the top of his game and ready to bring the Saturday night party to Caramoor.
A roof-raising big-band boogie-monster... -Daily Variety
...part tradition, part theater, and geared for a good time. -The New York Times
August 1 Rolling in the Aisles
featuring Polygraph Lounge with special guest Melissa Fathman
Sunday, 4:30pm ~ Venetian Theater
Polygraph Lounge: Rob Schwimmer, Mark Stewart Musically high-minded but hilariously lowbrow and always maniacal! –New York Post
The zany Polygraph Lounge (musical pranksters, Rob Schwimmer and Mark Stewart), fascinates with inspired lunacy, original music and a stage full of bizarre instruments, including theremin, daxophone, travel bug, uboingy, garglephone, and many more. Referencing 300 years of music since J.S. Bach and using everything from nose flutes to cell phones to create their unexpectedly witty "hit tunes," Polygraph Lounge takes up the very special tradition of Spike Jones, Victor Borge and Peter Schickele, gives it a unique twist, and leaves audiences gasping for breath.
Polygraph Lounge offers a rare opportunity to get back to what music and culture was supposed to be in the first place: fun, challenging, multi-layered, sophisticated, relevant. I leave every one of their shows feeling enriched, connected, and itching for another hit of Poly!
-- Limor Tomer, WNYC
Polygraph Lounge has forgotten more about music than they ever knew.
-- Rob Schwimmer
Back To Top August 5 Jasper String Quartet
2009-10 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence
Thursday, 7:30pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
| Haydn | String Quartet No. 60 in G major, Op. 76, No. 1, Hob.III:75 | Gosfield
| The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon
(Le cheval bleu se promène sur l’horizon)
(World premiere of Volume XI of Caramoors Commissioning project:
A String Quartet Library for the 21st Century) | | Berg | Lyric Suite |
The Jasper String Quartet - Caramoor's 2009-10 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence - concludes its year - long residency with yet another daring, scintillating program. In addition to illuminating a late work by the father of the string quartet and Berg's monumental, yet cryptic, Lyric Suite, the Jaspers give the world premiere of maverick Annie Gosfield's latest quartet.
August 6 Jazz Festival I
Friday, 8:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
Mulgrew Miller Trio: Mulgrew Miller, piano; Ivan Taylor, bass; Rodney Green, drums
The consummate Mulgrew Miller-arguably the leading pianist of his generation-and his trio kick off the festival Friday with an evening of prowess and captivating elegance.
August 7 Jazz Festival II
Saturday, all day ~ Venetian Theater
Roswell Rudd's Trombone Tribe; Clarice Assad Sonidos Latinos; Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra; Stefon Harris Blackout & Bobby Hutcherson Quartet | 2:00pm | Roswell Rudd's Trombone Tribe | | 3:15pm | Clarice Assad Sonidos Latinos | | 5:00pm | Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra | | 8:00pm | World Vibraphone Summit: Stefon Harris Blackout & Bobby Hutcherson Quartet |
August 8 Jazz Festival III
Sunday, all day ~ Venetian Theater
Brad Shepik's Human Activity Suite; Elio Villafranca Quintet with special guest Brian Lynch; Chuchito Valdes Big Band; Chick Corea's Freedom Band: Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes
On Sunday, well-versed world traveler and guitarist Brad Shepik presents his Human Activity Suite-his most expansive and committed project to date-with Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, and Tom Rainey. Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca returns to Caramoor with his Quintet featuring guest artists Lewis Nash and Terell Stafford. After his solo performance two years ago and his quartet set last summer, Cuban piano monster Chuchito Valdes returns with his Big Band performing the music of his grandfather Bebo Valdes-a central figure in the Golden Age of Cuban music. | 1:00pm | Brad Shepik's Human Activity Suite | | 2:15pm | Elio Villafranca Quintet featuring guest artists Lewis Nash and Terell Stafford Sonidos Latinos | | 3:30pm | Chuchito Valdes Big Band: The Music of Bebo Valdes Sonidos Latinos | | 4:30pm | Sugartone Brass Band: New Orleans Jazz on the picnic lawns | | 6:00pm | Chick Corea's Freedom Band: Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes |
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September 24 Bill Frisell Trio
Friday, 8:00pm ~ Spanish Courtyard
Bill Frisell, guitar, loops; Tony Scherr, bass; Rudy Royston, drums
Unclassifiable, eclectic, unique, omnivorous, Bill Frisell has crafted an approach to improvisation that has made him one of the revered guitarists in jazz and American music since the late '80s. Constantly exploring and conjuring worlds of sound-mesmerizing in their beauty and humor-Frisell, his trio, and his free use of electronic effects seamlessly woven into his improvisations launch the fall festival into orbit.
Bill Frisell plays the guitar like Miles Davis played the trumpet: in the hands of such radical thinkers, their instruments simply become different animals. And, like Davis, Frisell loves to have a lot of legroom when he improvises--the space that terrifies others quickens his blood. -- The New Yorker
September 25 Patti Lupone
The Gypsy in My Soul
Saturday, 8:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
Patti LuPone, vocals
Conceived and directed by Scott Wittman
Musical Director, Joseph Thalken
Musical Arrangements by Jonathan Tunick and Joseph Thalken
The Gypsy In My Soul is the newest solo concert by Broadway legend, Patti LuPone. In this show, The two-time Tony Award winner will sing songs that have been associated with her Broadway career (from such shows as Gypsy, Anything Goes and Oliver!) as well as some of her personal pop favorites. It's Broadway's greatest diva singing songs from her life, both on and off the stage.
The American musical theater's greatest living star – San Francisco Chronicle
September 26 Family Concert with The Knights
With Guest Appearance by Yo-Yo Ma
Sunday, 1:00pm ~ Venetian Theater
The Knights Chamber Orchestra; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Eric Jacobsen, conductor
What do you get when you combine the adventuresome musicality of the Knights with a very special appearance by Yo-Yo Ma, presented in the framework of Caramoor’s innovative tradition of interactive Family programming? Come and find out! Join host Katie Kresek as she guides us through this electrifying journey featuring a spectrum of masterpieces from the great composers of the past to today’s most dynamic musical explorers. A one-hour concert for the whole family (children 5 years and older).
September 26 Yo-Yo Ma with The Knights
Sunday, 4:30pm ~ Venetian Theater
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; The Knights Chamber Orchestra; Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Ives | The Unanswered Question | Saint-Saëns | Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 | | Ljova | Garmoshka | | Golijov | Night of the Flying Horses | | Schubert | Symphony No. 3 in D major, D.200 | | Dvorák | Silent Woods, for Cello and Orchestra | | Traditional | Ascending Bird |
Both a household name and a classical music icon, Yo-Yo Ma is welcomed everywhere in the world for his generous humanity, peerless virtuosity and musical imagination. His visits to Caramoor, dating from the earliest years of his career, have always been special events and occasions of exceptional audience delight. In this concert, featuring two works for cello and orchestra, Yo-Yo will be joined by The Knights, a chamber orchestra of young colleagues with whom he enjoys close collaborations in the Silk Road Project.
The program is a particularly appealing and accessible mix of lesser known works by well-known composers and new discoveries from exotic locales.
Few ensembles are as adept at mixing old music with new as the dynamic young Brooklyn orchestra. (The Knights) -The New Yorker
Caramoor Classics Series: The Future Is Now - Caramoor’s Rising Stars and Young Artists
Sunday, October 3 at 4:00pm
Charlotte Dobbs, soprano; Jennifer Rowley, soprano; Jorell Williams, baritone; Julius Abrahams, piano; Will Crutchfield, piano; Tessa Lark, violin; David McCarroll, violin; Philip Kramp, viola; Dimitri Murrath, viola; Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello; Jasper String Quartet
All Mozart
The brilliant young musicians from Caramoor’s mentoring programs – Rising Stars, Bel Canto Young Artists, Vocal Rising Stars and the Ernst Stiefel String-Quartet-in-Residence – performed together in a program of scintillating, youthful works by Mozart. It’s illuminating to hear performances by Mozart’s peers-in-age. Celebrate a showcase of Caramoor and youth in the magnificent Music Room!
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