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Caramoor's 2007-2008 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence
Caramoor has established an annual String Quartet-in-Residence supported by major endowment gifts from the Ernst Stiefel Foundation. Each year Caramoor selects a quartet to help the advancement of its reputation and career, as well as to enhance the life of the Caramoor community. As a one-year appointment, the primary purpose of the Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residency is to provide outreach to young string players through a program called Student Strings. In addition to the student outreach in area schools, Student Strings offers a clinic at Caramoor for selected students as well as free vouchers for half-price tickets for students and their families to attend the Quartet-in-Residence’s concerts. The Escher String Quartet is the eighth annual Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence at Caramoor; previous quartets have been the Amernet Quartet, Avalon String Quartet, Miró String Quartet, Pacifica Quartet, Rossetti String Quartet, Daedalus Quartet and the Jupiter String Quartet.
It can be argued that the United States has the most effective teaching mechanism for training professional musicians. There can be no doubt that America has more wonderful young players than performance outlets. Given this reality, a promising performer or ensemble needs as much perseverance as talent to launch a career. From Caramoor’s perspective, it takes commitment, intelligence, and patience to build an audience for young performers. Addressing these realities, the Ernst Stiefel String Quartet Residency gives Caramoor a chance to present a quartet each year for the advancement of its reputation and career, as well as to enhance the life of the Caramoor community.
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JULY 10 ESCHER STRING QUARTET
2007-2008 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence
Thursday, 7:30pm
Spanish Courtyard
Tickets: $25.00, $15.00 order online more info Program Notes & Bios
Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Wu Jie, violin; Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello
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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 19 |
| Jalbert |
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String Quartet No. 4 (Caramoor Commission & World Premiere) |
| Bartók |
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String Quartet No. 3 in C sharp Major, Sz. 85 |
| Dvorák |
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String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 (American) |
The Escher String Quartet concludes its Caramoor residency and year-long exploration of the quartets of late-Romantic composer, Alexander von Zemlinsky, with a program that highlights the composer's Hungarian heritage and formative experience in Prague. The Eschers also give the world premiere of a string quartet by American composer Pierre Jalbert, recipient of the Elise L. Stoeger Prize for Composition.
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