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Welcome to the 2008-09 Caramoor Indoors season! We will be taking a close look at two composers in our jewel box of a theater - the 200-seat Music Room, which is ideal for chamber music and the programs we're presenting. 

The fall will be devoted to the music of J.S. Bach. From his great grandfather to his grandsons, his family produced a long line of composers; music was in their blood. Johann Sebastian, however, remains the most revered and exalted of all the Bachs. He lived through the peak of the Baroque era, at a time when Western musical instruments were quite different from what we normally hear on today's concert stage. The piano we know today didn't exist; string instruments had a different aesthetic, and wind instruments, like the oboe, flute, horn and trumpet, were radically different. Many questions thus arise: for what instruments did Bach actually write his music? Why have these instruments changed? How do these changes affect performances and interpretations of these works?

We've assembled a stellar cast of artists, performing on both modern and period instruments, to help us examine these questions. Both sides certainly have their merits, and these concerts will give us the opportunity to hear for ourselves, side by side, these different qualities from expert interpreters of Bach. In additon to our three concerts, one of which will include a discussion that I will moderate, two concert/lectures will allow those seeking a deeper understanding of the music of Bach to get closer to this great music.

In the spring months, we'll be celebrating the 200th birthday of the ever-young Felix Mendelssohn in three concerts offering a wide range of his chamber music. Mendelssohn is largely responsible for the renewed interest in J.S. Bach's works in nineteenth-century Europe; an interest that continues to the present day. But with Mendelssohn's great respect of the older master came his ground-breaking championing of the Romantic currents of the new century. His music, in the proper context, sounds as fresh and new as ever. I know these concerts will give us all a great deal of satisfaction. I can't wait to hear them, and I hope you will join us often.  - Michael Barrett

FALL 2008 - THE ETERNAL BACH

SPRING 2009 - FOREVER YOUNG:   MENDELSSOHN AT 200 CONCERTS

THE ETERNAL BACH: BAROQUE AND MODERN INSIGHTS    Edward Arron Concert with Commentary in the Music Room Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 4:00 pm   Subscription Discount    Single Ticket: $40.00   order online Monica Huggett, Baroque violin; Timothy Fain, violin; Tanya Tomkins, Baroque cello; Edward Arron, cello; Michael Barrett, moderator J.S. Bach  Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 performed by  Monica Huggett, Baroque violin J.S. Bach  Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 performed by Timothy Fain, violin J.S. Bach  Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 performed by Tanya Tomkins, Baroque cello J.S. Bach  Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010 performed by Edward Arron, cello Four briliant artists, two performing on modern instruments and two on Baroque instruments, illuminate solo works by J.S. Bach. Michael Barrett moderates a discussion with the artists that explores the nuances of modern and period instruments and of interpretive approaches to Bach's unaccompanied masterpieces. THE ETERNAL BACH: SIX KEYBOARD PERSPECTIVES    Gilles Vonsattel Concert in the Music Room Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 8:00 pm   Subscription Discount   Single Ticket: $40.00   order online Bradley Brookshire, harpsichord; Vanessa Perez, John Musto, Ilya Poletacy, Gilles Vonsattel, pianists Six internationally renowned artists share their perspectives on J.S. Bach's vast keyboard repertoire. Deeping the focus of The Eternal Bach series, we will hear Bach performed on the instrument for which he composed and then peformances extending his work on the modern piano. THE ETERNAL BACH: BRANDENBURG CELEBRATION Concert in the Music Room Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 8:00 pm    Subscription Discount   Single Ticket: $40.00   order online The Aulos Ensemble; Niklas Eklund, trumpet  J.S. Bach  Double Concerto for Oboe and Violin in D minor BWV 1060  J.S. Bach  Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major. BWV 1050  J.S. Bach  Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047  J.S. Bach  Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 Moving this series from the private to the public Bach, the Aulos Ensemble - one of America's first and finest original instrument ensembles - returns to Caramoor with a program featuring three of the Brandenburg concerti. MENDELSSOHN AT 200: BISS AND FRIED    Jonathan Biss Concert in the Music Room Sunday March 15, 2009 at 4:00pm   Subscription Discount   Single Ticket: $40.00   order online Miriam Fried, violin; Jonathan Biss, piano; Marcy Rosen, cello Brahms  Sonata no. 2 in A Major, Op. 100  Bartok  Sonata No. 2  Mendelssohn  Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49  Heard in concert halls around the world, the renowned mother-son duo of Miriam Fried and Jonathan Biss, performs two sonatas at the heart of the repertoire. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's birth. Marcy Rosen joins them for Mendelssohn's brilliant D minor trio. MENDELSSOHN AT 200: CARAMOOR VIRTUOSI Concert in the Music Room Sunday, April 4, 2009 at 8:00pm   Subscription Discount   Single Ticket: $40.00   order online Caramoor Virtuosi with Edward Arron  Mendelssohn Vocal Quartets (male quartet tba)   Mendelssohn Songs without Words  Mendelssohn Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66   Mendelssohn Sextet in D Major for violin, two violas, cello, bass and piano, Opus 110  Continuing Carmoor's celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, the Caramoor Virtuosi present a delightfully mixed program accentuating the diversity and sheer brilliance of the composer's more intimate works: male vocal quartets, solo piano works, a piano trio, and the monumental sextet. MENDELSSOHN AT 200: BRENTANO STRING QUARTET Concert in the Music Room Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 4:00pm   Subscription Discount   Single Ticket: $40.00   order online  Brentano String Quartet, with special guest Hsin-Yun Huang, viola  Mendelssohn  Quartet in A-Minor, Op. 13  Schumann   Quartet in A-Major, Op. 41, No. 3  Mendelssohn  String Quintet in B-flat Major Renowned for fresh and profound interpretations and a Caramoor favorite, the Brentano String Quartet rounds out our Mendelssohn celebration with the young composer's tribute to Beethoven in his second string quartet and his exhilarating second string quintet with special guest violist Hsin-Yun Huang, both of which are set in relief by fellow-Romantic heavyweight Robert Schumann's third quartet. CONCERT / LECTURES THE ETERNAL BACH: PAUL HERSH EXPLORES THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS Concert/Lecture in the Music Room Sunday, October 12 2008 at 4:00pm   Subscription Discount   Single Ticket: $15.00   order online Paul  Hersh, lecturer, piano Goldberg Variations The fascinating pianist and professor of music at the San Fransisco Conservatory returns to Caramoor to share his insights into Bach's Goldberg Variations.  In an informal concert/lecture format, Mr. Hersh explores Bach's keyboard world and deepens our understanding and appreciation of this masterpiece.  THE ETERNAL BACH: MUSICAL FORMS: BACH THE MASTER CRAFTSMAN  Concert/Lecture in the Music Room  Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 4:00pm   Subscription Discount   Single Ticket: $15.00   order online  Andrew Rangell, lecturer, piano  Orlando Gibbons Lord of Salisbury Pavane and Galliard   Bach French Suite No. 1 in D minor   Bach Prelude and Fugue in F minor, Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1   Bach Prelude and Fugue in C# minor, Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1   Frohberger Ricercare, C# (1654)   Beethoven Fugue in C# minor, Opus 131 - opening movement  Pianist and musical intellect Andrew Rangell delves into Bach's extremely rich body of keyboard works with special attention to the suite form and the prelude and fugue.  Mr. Rangell places Bach's overarching endeavors into context with works of other composers written earlier and later than Bach.