Fall/Winter Season Brochure - 2015

Fall Winter 2015Music in the Rosen House

Membersrsquo Spring Pre-sale begins September 1

General Public sale on September 15Become a Member and gain access to pre-sale tickets and much more Visit caramoororgsupportmembership

Music to Center Your Fall and Winter

When the weather turns cooler and the

light drains a little bit more each day it is a perfect time for peace and reflection It is a time to draw inward and find your center

At Caramoor we find warmth through art and music Spending time with those we love and giving part of ourselves to the people and causes closest to our heart these are just some ways to celebrate the season We provide programs that nurture music relationships with school-aged children emerging professionals and established artists

Spread the warmth by making a donation today

Visit caramoororgsupport Call 9142325035 ext 261 or Mail to Caramoor PO Box 816 Katonah NY 10536

Caramoor is a 501 (c)(3) not for profit organization Thank you for your support

Did you know that givingtuesday is Tuesday December 1 But donrsquot feel you have to wait We welcome your support all year-round


Photos on pages 1ndash3 5 9ndash11 13ndash15 by Gabe Palacio

Afternoon Teas Thursday September 10 Thursday September 24 Friday October 9130pm Rosen House Tea Tour and Garden Stroll $3250

September 9 Wednesday Morning Concert Flamenco in the CourtyardWednesday 1100am Spanish Courtyard Concert Tour amp Lunch $5250 Concert Only $2250

Experience the characteristic dance and song of Spain bursting with passion color and rhythm This series includes a concert in the Spanish Courtyard followed by a tour of the Mediterranean-style Rosen House a buffet lunch inspired by Spanish cuisine and a self-guided garden stroll

September 12 Grandparents amp Grandchildren Fecircte The Story of Babar the Elephant by Francis PoulencSaturday 300pm Adults $37 Children $2250

A perfect day out for Grandma Grandpa and the little ones Take a brief I Spy the Rosen House tour and discover some of the treasures that Caramoorrsquos founders Walter and Lucie Rosen collected After the tour join us for a performance of Poulencrsquos Babar in the Music Room with pianist Jeewon Park and narrator Benjamin Luxon To conclude a lovely afternoon enjoy a fecircte (or as we say ldquocelebrationrdquo) in the charming Summer Dining Room with mini sandwiches and treats galore

Family FunLook for the Family Fun icon for concerts and events appropriate for children

Event Details

04 caramoororg 9142321252

Jeewon Park

Family Concert Musical Snapshots and Souvenirs Sunday 100pm Venetian Theater Adults $10 $25 Children $5 $1250

How does music inspire us to envision a picture place or story Featuring interactive games and discussion this program brings us music from around the world that stirs our imagination and our senses Wersquoll meet a mermaid in a magical lake see the hills of the Italian countryside and encounter a mythical bird from Persian folktales Join The Knights and special guest Yo-Yo Ma for this one-of-a-kind adventure

Dvorak (arr The Knights) ldquoSong to the Moonrdquo for Solo Cello and Orchestra from Rusalka

Mendelssohn Selections from Symphony No 4 in A major Op 90 ldquoItalianrdquo

C JacobsenAghaei Ascending Bird

September 27 The Knights and Yo-Yo Ma

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Featured Concert Sunday 400pm Venetian Theater $30 $40 $50 $60 $70 $80 $90 $100 $110

In this colorful and wide-ranging program The Knights team up with the inimitable cellist Yo-Yo Ma for music that bursts with individual creativity and reaction to fresh insights For the young Mendelssohn immersion in the arts and culture of Italy inspired a new symphony In Federico II Giovanni Sollima takes inspiration from the 13th-century Holy Roman Emperor who paved the way for the advances of the Renaissance In Osvaldo Golijovrsquos Azul (written for Yo-Yo Ma in 2006) the composer combines two perspectives simultaneously observing the Earth from afar as if from the heavens and also plunging into the turbulent depths of the human and earthly experience

Sollima Federico II Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A major Op 90 ldquoItalianrdquo Golijov Azul for Cello and Orchestra

Caramoorrsquos 2015 Fall Festival sponsored by

Yo-Yo Ma

September 30 Wednesday Morning Concert Mediterranean CelebrationWednesday 1100am Music Room Concert Tour amp Lunch $5250 Concert Only $2250

Be transported to the Mediterranean for a day amidst Caramoorrsquos stunning architecture The morning starts with a concert in the majestic Music Room featuring guitarmandolin duo Judy Handler and Mark Levesque followed by a tour of the Rosen House A buffet lunch with specialties from the Mediterranean region follows as does a relaxing self-guided garden stroll

October 3 La Soireacutee Paris Jazz in the Rosen House Benefit EventSaturday 630pm Music Room Tickets begin at $350 To make reservations please call 9142321492 or email eventscaramoororg

Join us for a glamorous night of dinner drinks and dancing as the historic Rosen House channels the vibrancy of Paris in the 1920s Proceeds will benefit the historic Rosen House and Caramoorrsquos Young Artists Mentoring and Arts-in-Education Programs

October 17 Billy Strings amp Don Julin Cole Quest and the City PickersSaturday 800pm Music Room $20 $35 $45 $55 $65

Wersquore thrilled to introduce you to Billy Strings and Don Julin an incendiary guitar and mandolin duo from Michigan who channel the sounds of Appalachia with great virtuosity and ferocious attitude Their live shows are mesmerizing with Strings and Julin goading each other into more intense riffs and improvised breaks pushing harder onto new levels of musicianship but never straying from mastery of their instruments or their art You will leave this evening newly energized and buzzing American Roots Music Festival crowd pleaser Cole Quest and the City Pickers open the show

An all-audience Afterglow Reception with wine beer and nibbles will follow the performance


Billy Strings amp Don Julin

October 24 St Lawrence String QuartetSaturday 800pm Music Room $20 $35 $45 $55 $65

ldquoA sound that has just about everything one wants from a quartet most notably precision warmth and an electricity that conveys the excitement of playing whatever is on their stands at the momentrdquo mdashThe New York Times

The St Lawrence String Quartet returns to Caramoor offering delights for all ears

Haydn Quartet in G minor Op 20 No 3 Jonathan Berger ldquoSwallowrdquo (2014 written for the St Lawrence String Quartet) Schumann String Quartet in A major Op 41 No 3

October 30 Spooky Tales Stories to Tickle your SpineFriday 330pm Music Room Adults $12 Children $6

Come with your little ones to a riveting performance in the Music Room with storyteller LuAnn Adams to kick off a fun Halloween weekend This show will offer lots of audience participation puppets and sound to bring the folktales to life The performance is followed by a special brew (hot cider) and other ghostly treats (cookies) served in the Summer Dining Room Come in costume

October 31 Saturday 800pm Music Room $15 $35

Schubert Quartettsatz Webern Langsamer Satz Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor Brahms String Quintet in G Major Op 111

November 1 Sunday 400pm Music Room $15 $35

Haydn String Quartet in D major Op 77 No 1 Faureacute Piano Quartet in C minor Dvorak String Sextet in A major

Classical Legends amp Rising Stars With Distinguished ArtistMentors Pamela Frank Kim Kashkashian and Peter WileyThe Evnin Rising Stars program is an incubator for leaders in classical music performance Distinguished artistmentors pass on the great masterworks of the chamber music repertoire to a new generation of outstanding talent The culmination of this week of intense collaboration and musical discovery is an opportunity for the public to witness musicians on their way to becoming legends themselves Esteemed alumni of this program include Edward Arron Jonathan Biss Frank Huang and Alisa Weilerstein

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St Lawrence String Quartet photo by Leonardo Mascaro

Free tickets for students 18 and under

November 7 Cyrus Chestnut Trio Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln CenterSaturday 800pm Music Room $15 $25 $35 $45 $55 $65

Drawing heavily on the gospel tradition his love for Vince Guaraldi and his experience as a longtime sideman for jazz legends such as Dizzy Gillespie and Wynton Marsalis Chestnutrsquos sensitive key strokes have earned him a faithful following With skillful versatility playful showmanship and universal appeal the Cyrus Chestnut Trio is sure to sweet talk your senses


November 15 Aizuri Quartet2015ndash16 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-ResidenceSunday 400pm Music Room $15 $35

ldquoIn terms of choosing a calling card to send out into the world the Curtis Institute of Music could hardly do better than the Aizuri Quartetrdquo mdashPhiladelphia Inquirer

We were proud to have found our newest Quartet-in-Residence by way of two of its members Ayane Kozasa and Karen Ouzounian alumnae of our Evnin Rising Star program Formed in 2012 the quartet completed a 2015 residency at the Curtis Institute of Music and served as resident ensemble of the 2014 Ravinia Festivalrsquos Steans Music Institute Now they come to Caramoor kicking off their year-long residency here with this electrifying performance

Mozart String Quartet No 21 in D major K575 Berg String Quartet Op 3 Sibelius String Quartet Op 56 ldquoVoces Intimaerdquo

One extremely promising string quartet is chosen each year to complete a year-long residency at Caramoor This group lends their time and talents to Caramoorrsquos Student Strings program in the secondary schools with a classroom-based program of concerts conversations and performance clinics The Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence performs at Caramoor throughout their residency enabling the public to experience these exciting young players in an intimate setting The Aizuri is the 16th Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence at Caramoor They will be visiting schools as music mentors in the fall and spring and performing concerts at Caramoor in the fall spring and summer



Cyrus Chestnut photo by Frank Stewart

Aizuri Quartet

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November 22 Edward Arron amp FriendsSunday 400pm Music Room $10 $15 $25 $35 $45 $55

The exquisite cellist Edward Arron makes his return to Caramoor with a talented cast of classical characters to enliven audiences through a unique listening experience

Beethoven 7 Variations on lsquoBei Maumlnnern welche Liebe fuumlhlenrsquo from Mozartrsquos The Magic Flute for Cello and Piano WoO 46

Mozart String Trio in One Movement in G major K 562e (anh 66)

Arvo Paumlrt Mozart-Adagio for Piano Trio (199297)

Mozart Piano Quartet in g minor K 478

Beethoven 12 Variations on lsquoEin Maumldchen oder Weibchenrsquo from Mozartrsquos The Magic Flute for Cello and Piano Opus 66

Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat major K 493

Edward Arron

Holiday Tea Musicales Thursday December 3 Friday December 4 Sunday December 6 Wednesday December 9 Thursday December 10 Friday December 11 Saturday December 12 Wednesday December 16 Thursday December 17

200pm Concert and Afternoon Tea Adults $46 Children $28

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New this year Make our home your home for the holidays Join us for a vibrant afternoon of festive song and delicious tea mdash now entirely set within Caramoorrsquos majestic Music Room Enjoy an assortment of finger sandwiches scrumptious holiday treats and a variety of teas (hot chocolate with marshmallows for the little ones)

Add a Historic Home Tour $10 100pm Looking for the full Rosen House experience Take a tour of this stunning Mediterranean villa before settling down for your performance and tea Contact the Box Office to design an adventure for you and yours 9142321252 boxofficecaramoororg

caramoororg 9142321252

Celebrate the Holidays in the Music Room

Experience all the joy and warmth of the holidays at Caramoor as you gather in this stunning space with friends and family for an unforgettable performance paired with elegant table service

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Tour the Rosen House this SeasonEnter a Mediterranean-style mansion inspired by Old World Europe cultivated and curated by Caramoorrsquos founders Walter and Lucie Rosen Historic artifacts ndash from a gilded bed that belonged to Pope Urban VIII to an eight-fold Chinese screen of carved jade to entire rooms shipped from Europe ndash are some of the many incredible discoveries waiting here Come visit Tours are Mondays through Fridays by appointment

Contact rosenhousecaramoororg or call 9142325035 ext 221

Encounter the treasures of an historic home made for music

In 2016 Caramoor welcomes Rising Stars alum consummate pianist and newly-minted music educator Jonathan Biss as Artist-in-Residence

A prodigal student of Leon Fleisher and Evelyne Brancart and descendent of greats such as his grandmother Raya Garbousova (one of the earliest well-known female cellists for whom Samuel Barber composed his Cello Concerto) and mother Miriam Fried (violinist) Biss returns to Caramoor in three deeply personal concerts

Sunday July 10 2016Performing with the Orchestra of St Lukersquos Biss delivers a program featuring the New York premiere of a Timo Andres work written for Biss as part of his Beethoven5 project and inspired by and paired with Beethovenrsquos Piano Concerto No 2

Thursday August 4 2016Joined by his mother Miriam (violin) Hsin-Yun Huang (viola) and Marcy Rosen (cello) Biss presents works by Janacek and Brahms

Friday August 5 2016This solo recital gives a deserved spotlight to the pianist The Telegraph calls ldquoin complete command of an excitingly virtuosic performancerdquo

Artists-in-Residence Creating Personal Musical Dialogues

ldquoWith increased possibility comes increased responsibility mdash responsibility to make your musical choices with absolute conviction and integrity It is not selfishness but the very essence of artistic generosity to ignore what the world may be clamoring for and instead ask what it is that you want to share with the worldrdquo mdash Jonathan Biss


Jonathan Biss

Create Your Legacy at Caramoor

Through a charitable bequest in your will or living trust you can ensure that the ldquoencoresrdquo keep playing at Caramoor We have established the Encore Society to recognize those who include Caramoor in their estate planning and we encourage you to join this important group for Caramoorrsquos future

Planned giving is a wonderful way to establish your legacy and make a lasting impact on this vital arts center Your bequest will enrich the lives of our visitors concert-goers arts-in-education program participants and performing artists for generations to come This act of forethought may well be one of the most lasting one-time gifts you ever make

All you need to do is tell us your plan is in place and if you are willing to be publicly listed as a Society member By doing so we can continue to applaud your generosity for years to come

If you would like more information about the Encore Society or to notify us of your intention to include the Encore Society in your estate planning please contact Nina Curley VP and Chief Development Officer at 9142323681 or ninacaramoororg

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SeptemberSeptember 9 Wednesday Morning Concert Flamenco in the Courtyard Wednesday 1100am Spanish Courtyard

September 10 Afternoon Tea Thursday 130pm Rosen House

September 12 Grandparents amp Grandchildren Tea The Story of Babar the Elephant by Francis Poulenc Saturday 100pm Rosen House


September 27 The Knights and Yo-Yo Ma Family Concert Sunday 100pm Venetian Theater

September 27 The Knights and Yo-Yo Ma Featured Concert Sunday 400pm Venetian Theater

September 30 Wednesday Morning Concert Mediterranean Celebration Wednesday 1100am Music Room



All artists programs membership events and prices are subject to change without notice A $500 processing fee applies for online and phone orders and a $100 facility fee applies for all tickets sold Fees are per ticket

OctoberOctober 3 La Soireacutee Paris Jazz in the Rosen House Benefit Event Saturday 630pm Music Room

October 9 Afternoon Tea Friday 130pm Rosen House

October 17 Billy Strings amp Don Julin Cole Quest and the City Pickers Saturday 800pm Music Room

October 24 St Lawrence String Quartet Saturday 800pm Music Room

October 30 Spooky Tales Stories to Tickle your Spine Friday 330pm Music Room

October 31 Classical Legends amp Rising Stars Saturday 800pm Music Room

NovemberNovember 1 Classical Legends amp Rising Stars Sunday 400pm Music Room

November 7 Cyrus Chestnut Trio Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center Saturday 800pm Music Room

November 15 Aizuri Quartet2015ndash16 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence Sunday 400pm Music Room

November 22 Edward Arron amp Friends Sunday 400pm Music Room

DecemberDecember 3 Holiday Tea Musicale Thursday 200pm Music Room

December 4 Holiday Tea Musicale Friday 200pm Music Room

December 6 Holiday Tea Musicale Sunday 200pm Music Room

December 9 Holiday Tea Musicale Wednesday 200pm Music Room

December 10 Holiday Tea Musicale Thursday 200pm Music Room


December 12 Holiday Tea Musicale Saturday 200pm Music Room



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Fall Winter 2015 At-a-Glance

MarchMarch 13 Schwab Vocal Rising Stars Sunday 400pm Music Room

AprilApril 2 Jazz in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center Saturday 800pm Music Room

April 9 Edward Arron and Friends Saturday 800pm Music Room

April 10 CaramoorWaveny Aizuri Quartet Sunday 400pm Waveny Carriage Barn New Canaan CT

April 16 Roots Music in the Music Room Saturday 800pm Music Room

April 17 Aizuri Quartet 2015ndash16 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence Sunday 400pm Music Room

April 26 The Mind and Music of Scott Joplin with Richard Kogan Tuesday 700pm Music Room

April 30 Rosen Society Dinner Saturday 600pm Reception Tent

MayMay 7 Mothers and Others Tea Musicale Saturday 100pm Rosen House

May 11 Spring Awakening Wednesday Morning Concert Tour and Luncheon Wednesday 1100am Rosen House

May 12 Afternoon Tea Thursday 130pm Rosen House

May 14 Cabaret in the Music Room Benefit Event Saturday 830pm Music Room

May 18 From Broadway to Hollywood Cherished Songs Wednesday Morning Concert Tour and Luncheon Wednesday 1100am Rosen House

May 20 Afternoon Tea Friday 130pm Rosen House

May 21 An Evening of Wine amp Food Benefit Event Saturday 630pm Rosen House

May 25 Mediterranean Celebration Wednesday Morning Concert Tour and Luncheon Wednesday 1100am Rosen House


JuneJune 1 Flamenco in the Courtyard Wednesday Morning Concert Tour and Luncheon Wednesday 1100am Rosen House

June 3 Afternoon Tea Friday 130pm Rosen House

June 5 Friendsrsquo Garden Party Sunday 430pm Sunken Garden

June 9 Afternoon Tea Thursday 130pm Rosen House


June 18Summer Music Festival Opening Night Concert amp Gala Kelli OrsquoHara Orchestra of St Lukersquos

June 25 American Roots Music Festival

JulyJuly 10 Orchestra of St Lukersquos Jonathan Biss piano Artist-in-Residence

July 16 Opera Aureliano in Palmira by Gioachino Rossini Will Crutchfield conductor

July 23 Jazz FestivalPresented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center

July 31 Opera Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven Pablo Heras-Casado conductor

AugustAugust 7 Festival Finale Orchestra of St Lukersquos Pablo Heras-Casado conductor

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2016 Preview Save the Dates

Membersrsquo Spring Pre-sale begins September 1 General Public sale on September 15 Prime Passes now available for the best seats to symphonic opera American roots and jazz performances Call the Box Office at 9142321252 or order online at caramoororg


When the weather turns cooler and the

light drains a little bit more each day it is a perfect time for peace and reflection It is a time to draw inward and find your center

At Caramoor we find warmth through art and music Spending time with those we love and giving part of ourselves to the people and causes closest to our heart these are just some ways to celebrate the season We provide programs that nurture music relationships with school-aged children emerging professionals and established artists

Spread the warmth by making a donation today

Visit caramoororgsupport Call 9142325035 ext 261 or Mail to Caramoor PO Box 816 Katonah NY 10536

Caramoor is a 501 (c)(3) not for profit organization Thank you for your support

Did you know that givingtuesday is Tuesday December 1 But donrsquot feel you have to wait We welcome your support all year-round









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