2014 Caramoor Summer Festival - All Music Performances
By Roslyn WertheimerFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
National Press Representative: Lois Cohn Associates
Lois Cohn, 917.733.8252, lcohn@lcohnpr.com
Maria Im, 917.807.6659, press@lcohnpr.com
SUMMER FESTIVAL
June 21 Opening Night: Joshua Bell, Orchestra of St. Luke’s Saturday, 8:30pm Joshua Bell, violin Venetian Theater Orchestra of St. Luke’s Cristian Macelaru, conductor Ligeti Concert Românesc Sibelius Violin Concerto in d, Op.47 Bizet Symphony in C Tickets starting at $15 Opening Night GalaSaturday, 6:00 pm This year’s Gala festivities will include a pre-performance cocktail reception and dinner, premium concert seating in the Venetian Theater, and an After Dark post-performance party. Guests will be able to join the artists for dessert, specialty cocktails and dancing. For reservations please email events@caramoor.org or call 914.232.1492. June 22 Manuel Barrueco & Beijing Guitar Duo: China West Sunday, 4:30pm Manuel Barrueco, guitar Spanish Courtyard Beijing Guitar Duo: Meng Su Yameng Wang Works by Bach; Piazzola; Chen Yi; Tan Dun Two of today's brightest presences in the world of guitar, presented in the beautiful Spanish Courtyard. This program includes solos, duos, and trios from China and the Western World with works of the Chinese composers Tan Dun and Chen Yi, as well as the music of J.S. Bach and Brazilian composer Sergio Assad. Tickets starting at $15 June 25 Dancing at Dusk: Balkan with Ivan Miley Band Wednesday, 5:00pm Friends Field Hailed as the “real deal of Eastern European virtuosity,” accordion player Ivan Milev has been described as someone who “shreds like a rock god.” Joined by violinist Entcho Todorov and percussionist Seido Salifoski, Milev’s band will dazzle with its dizzying rhythms and high-energy performing style. Tickets starting at $5June 26 The Intimate Donizetti: Chamber Music and Vocal Ensembles Thursday, 6:00pm Bel Canto Young Artists Spanish Courtyard Edward Arron and Friends: Edward Arron, cello and Artistic Director Donizetti Miserere (for voices and strings) Ave Maria (for voices and strings) String Quartet No. 18 in e Songs and Vocal Ensembles Caramoor's Bel Canto Young Artists team up with the Caramoor Virtuosi to share the wonderful music of Donizetti. Post-Concert: Please linger after the show to meet the artists. Free wine and nibbles! Tickets starting at $15 June 27 Edward Arron & Friends, A Joyful Reunion of Evnin Rising Stars Alumni Friday, 8:00pm led by Edward Arron Spanish Courtyard Edward Arron, Artistic Director and cello Gilles Vonsattel, piano Tessa Lark, violin Jesse Mills, violin Max Mandel, viola Kyle Armbrust, viola Edward Arron, cello and Artistic Director Turina Scène Andalouse, Op. 7, for Solo Viola and Piano Quintet Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 1 in A, Op. 18 Taneyev Piano Quintet in g, Op. 30 A quintet of fellow Rising Star Alumni joins Edward Arron for a night of lively chamber music. Experience Turina’s Scène Andalouse, a love-letter to the composer’s native land, within the cloisters of the Spanish Courtyard. The celebration won’t end until the great Russian “bells” chime at the end of Taneyev’s exuberant Piano Quintet in g minor. Tickets starting at $15 June 28 American Roots Music Festival Saturday, noon – 10:00pm Friends Field, Sunken Garden and Venetian Theater Friends Field - Daytime (all artists will also play a set at Sunken Garden) Bruce Molsky, Tony Trischka & Michael Daves Bruce Molsky, fiddle Tony Trischka, banjo Michael Daves, guitarKim & Reggie Harris Reggie Harris, guitarandvocals Kim Harris, vocalsMiss Tess & the TalkbacksJoe Crookston & the Bluebird Jubilee with Peter Glanville Joe Crookston, guitar and vocals Peter Glanville, guitar and vocalsCricket Tell the Weather Andrea Asprelli, fiddle and vocals Jason Borisoff, guitar Doug Goldstein, banjo Dan Tressler, mandolin Jeff Picker, bassSpuyten DuyvilWalkabout Clearwater Chorus Pete Seeger, FounderVenetian Theater - EveningThe Lone Bellow (7:30-8:15pm) Zach Williams, guitar and vocals Brian Elmquist, guitar and vocals Kanene Pipkin, mandolin and vocalsRosanne Cash, The River & the Thread(8:30-10pm) Rosanne Cash, vocals and guitar John Leventhal, guitar The Social Music Hour - all ages workshop and singalong featuring various performers from the festival. Children's activities TBA The American Roots Music Festival is a full day of fun for the whole family! There will be performances and activities all throughout the grounds from noon to 6pm, followed by featured performances in the Venetian Theatre from renowned Roots artist Rosanne Cash and up-and-coming three-piece Roots band, The Lone Bellow. Tickets starting at $15 Day-Only ticket available; access from noon - 6:00pm Children under 18 half priceJune 29 Juilliard String Quartet Sunday, 4:30pm Joseph Lin, violin Venetian Theater Ronald Copes, violin Roger Tapping, viola Joel Krosnick, cello Johann Sebastian Bach Contrapunctus I – IV from Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 Alban Berg Lyric SuiteAllegretto gioviale Andante amoroso Allegro misterioso – Trio estatico Adagio appassionato Presto delirando – Tenebroso Largo desolato -Intermission- Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 Andante con moto – Allegro vivace Andante con moto quasi Allegretto Menuetto. Grazioso – Trio Allegro molto The world-renowned Juilliard String Quartet will grace us with a wide variety of chamber music, from Bach’s Art of the Fugue to Alban Berg’s haunting Lyric Suite to Beethoven’s classic Op. 59, No. 3 (Razumovsky). Tickets starting at $15 July 3 Introductions: Sybarite5 Thursday, 6:00pm (no intermission) Sybarite5: Spanish Courtyard Sarah Whitney, violin Sami Meridian, violin Angela Picket, viola Laura Metcalf, cello Louis Levitt, double bassTickets starting at $15 July 4 Pops, Patriots & Fireworks Friday, 8:00pm Westchester Symphonic Winds with Broadway’s Ryan Silverman Venetian Theater Curt Ebersole, conductor Join us for an evening of music, picnics on the lawn, and fireworks with performances by the Westchester Symphonic Winds, and Broadway’s Ryan Silverman - returning to Caramoor after last year’s triumphant Opening Weekend performance in She Loves Me. Souza marches, Americana and popular favorites played by this 60-piece wind and percussion ensemble will be followed by Fireworks after the concert! Member’s Lounge: Members (donors of $100 or more) may reserve tables for picnicking in the Reception Tent (limited space available) Tickets starting at $15Children under 18 half-price!July 5 Patti LuPone: Far Away Places Saturday, 8:00pm Patti LuPone, vocalist Venetian Theater In her new concert Far Away Places, two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone takes us on a musical journey. Accompanied by a five-piece band, she delivers thrilling renditions of songs by an eclectic list of songwriters including Stephen Sondheim, Willie Nelson, Edith Piaf, and even the BeeGees! Symphony Court, Caramoor’s dining pavilion, is open to all ticket buyers (reservations required). Enjoy a casual prix fixe buffet dinner, prior to the concert, among the beautiful gardens in the Reception Tent and Italian Pavilion. Tickets starting at $15 July 6 Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Jeffrey Kahane, pianist, conductor Sunday, 4:30pm Orchestra of St. Luke’s Venetian Theater Jeffrey Kahane, pianist, conductor Copland Appalachian Spring (Suite for 13 Instruments) Shostakovich Chamber Symphony in D, Op. 83a (arr. by Barshai from String Quartet No. 4) Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15 Wistful lamentations, wild episodes, and exotic flavors in Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony contrast with Copland’s picture of the American countryside in Appalachian Spring. Jeffrey Kahane leads OSL and doubles as soloist in Beethoven’s bold Piano Concerto No. 1 to bring this wide-ranging program to a close. Tickets starting at $15July 9 Dancing at Dusk Wednesday, 5:00pm Hammerstep Friends Field Founded by two-time solo World Champion Irish dancer Garrett Coleman and former lead of Riverdance Jason Oremus, Hammerstep is forever changing the face of dance. Hammerstep’s approach draws from various historically rebellious dance forms, including Irish, tap, hip hop, African stepping, and more. Tickets starting at $5 July 10 Introductions: Benjamin Beilman, violin; Andrew Tyson, piano Thursday, 6:00pm Benjamin Beilman, violin Spanish Courtyard Andrew Tyson, piano Dvorak Sonatina, Op. 100 Debussy Sonata in g, L. 140 Beethoven Sonata No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 12" Violinist Benjamin Beilman, recipient of a 2012 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2014 Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship, recently graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and has been touring the world playing recitals, concertos and competitions since. Pianist Andrew Tyson, recipient of the same Avery Fisher Career Grant a year later, is a recent graduate of both Curtis and Juilliard and is praised by the New York Times for the “passion and poetry” in his performance. Celebrate the excellence of these two alumni of Caramoor’s Evnin Rising Stars program.” Tickets starting at $15 July 11 Dover Quartet, 2013-14 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence Friday, 8:00pm Dover Quartet: Spanish Courtyard Joel Link, violin Bryan Lee, violin Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola Camden Shaw, cello Joseph Haydn String Quartet in G, Op. 76, No. 1 David Ludwig World Premiere of Volume XV of Caramoor’s commissioning project: A String Quartet Library for the 21st Century Viktor Ullmann String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 3 in D, Op. 18, No. 3 Winner of the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Dover Quartet draws from the musical lineage of both the Vermeer and Guarneri Quartets, bringing youthful enthusiasm and musical conviction to the repertoire that is truly its own. The Dovers bring their Stiefel residency to a close with their world premiere of David Ludwig’s string quartet. Tickets starting at $15 July 12 Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti, Bel Canto at Caramoor Saturday, 8:00pm Venetian Theater; pre-Opera events in Spanish Courtyard Angela Meade, soprano Will Crutchfield, conductor and Director of Opera Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano Michele Angelini, tenor Christophoros Stamboglis, bass Bel Canto Young Artists Orchestra of St. Luke’s Symphony Court, Caramoor’s dining pavilion, is open to all ticket buyers (reservations required). Enjoy a casual prix fixe buffet dinner, prior to the concert, among the beautiful gardens in the Reception Tent and Italian Pavilion. Intermissions: Members (donors of $100 or more) are welcome to join us in the Reception Tent for refreshments. Tickets starting at $15 July 13 Igudesman & Joo: A Little NIGHTMARE Music Sunday, 4:30pm Aleksey Igudesman, violin Venetian Theater Hyung-ki Joo, piano Aleksey Igudesman & Hyung-ki Joo, who have been friends since the age of twelve, bring down the Venetian Theater with their widely-hailed ‘Classical Comedy’ act, A Little NIGHTMARE Music.Tickets starting at $15 July 17 Bel Canto Showcase: Daniel Mobbs Thursday, 6:00pm Daniel Mobbs, bass-baritone Spanish Courtyard Songs by Mozart, Schubert and Wagner, plus ensembles with the Bel Canto Young Artists American bass-baritone Daniel Mobbs has won praise internationally, performing repertory with major opera companies all over the world. Variously described by the press as having "a rich, mellifluous voice" (The New York Times), Mobbs' "lightning-quick presence and bright, clean sound" (Opera News) and “elegant, cavernous tones" (Variety) are certain to delight audiences this summer. Tickets starting at $15 July 18 Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti, Bel Canto at Caramoor Saturday, 8:00pm (Repeat Performance) Venetian Theater; pre-Opera events in Spanish Courtyard Angela Meade, soprano Will Crutchfield, conductor and Director of Opera Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano Michele Angelini, tenor Christophoros Stamboglis, bass Bel Canto Young Artists Orchestra of St. Luke’s Symphony Court, Caramoor’s dining pavilion, is open to all ticket buyers (reservations required). Enjoy a casual prix fixe buffet dinner, prior to the concert, among the beautiful gardens in the Reception Tent and Italian Pavilion. Intermissions: Members (donors of $100 or more) are welcome to join us in the Reception Tent for refreshments. Tickets starting at $15 July 19 Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, Bel Canto at Caramoor Saturday, 8:00pm Venetian Theater; pre-Opera events in the Spanish Courtyard Will Crutchfield, conductor and Director of Opera Georgia Jarman, soprano Nicole Piccolomini, mezzo-soprano Stephen Powell, baritone Jeffrey Beruan, bass Bel Canto Young Artists Orchestra of St. Luke’s Symphony Court, Caramoor’s dining pavilion, is open to all ticket buyers (reservations required). Enjoy a casual prix fixe buffet dinner, prior to the concert, among the beautiful gardens in the Reception Tent and Italian Pavilion. Intermissions: Members (donors of $100 or more) are welcome to join us in the Reception Tent for refreshments. Tickets starting at $15 July 20 In the Garden of Sonic Delights: Conversations, performances and guided tours Sunday, 4:30pm relating to Caramoor’s unprecedented exhibition of Sound Art Spanish Courtyard In the Garden of Sonic Delights is a large-scale art exhibition that explores the relationships between sound, nature, history, and architecture through 15 commissioned, site-specific works by 16 sound artists. Join us for a day of special guided tours, performances and conversations. Tickets starting at $15 July 23 Dancing at Dusk Wednesday, 5:00pm Afrika Wonba with Wassa Pan Afrika Ensemble Friends Field Wassa Pan Afrika Founded in 1998 by Nana Anim, Wassa Pan Afrika Dance Ensemble is known as the most renowned traditional African Dance and Drum performance group throughout Ghana. Afrika Wonba is a celebration of the cultural heritage of Africa filled with music, dance, stories and songs. Tickets starting at $5 July 24 Guitar in the Garden: Jason Vieaux Thursday, 6:00pm Jason Vieaux, guitar Sunken Garden Works by Bach; Jobim; Metheny; Sor; Visconti Jason Vieaux, “among the elite of today's classical guitarists” (Gramophone), is the classical guitarist that goes beyond the classical. Vieaux returns to spin masterful musical tapestries with an expansive program that ranges from J.S. Bach to Pat Metheny and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Post-concert: Please join us for a glass of wine after the show (Free!) Tickets $25July 25 American Roots: Artist to Be AnnouncedJuly 26 Club Caramoor Presents: Cécile McLorin Salvant Saturday, 8:00pm Cecile McLorin Salvant, vocalist Spanish Courtyard “Cécile McLorin Salvant has rapidly risen to the top of Jazz presenters’ “must have” lists. Her 2014 recording, “WomanChild” was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Share the music and magic of a spectacular summer night in Club Caramoor’s Spanish Courtyard. Tickets starting at $15 July 27 2014 Jazz Music Festival Sunday, All day from 12:00pm Venetian Theater Day-only ticket holders:12:00pm: Emily Bear Trio 1:00pm: Rising Stars jam Session John Beasley, music director 2:00pm: Masters on Masters Discussion JJ Johnson — the Man and His Music 2:15pm: The Music of J. J. Johnson, with Steve Turre All Stars: Steve Turre, Rufus Reid , Victor Lewis, Xavier Davis Full Festival ticket-holders:3:15pm: Monkestra Sketches John Beasley, piano 4:15pm: Masters on Masters Discussion Joe Henderson — His Sound and His Contribution to The Language of Jazz 4:30pm: The Music of Joe Henderson, with Renee Rosnes All Stars: Renee Rosnes, Jimmy Greene, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash 5:30pm: Dinner Break 6:30pm: Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Programs to be announced from stage. This year, we are mixing things up a bit with a mix of entertainment, enrichment and celebration featuring the music of JJ Johnson and Joe Henderson in a Masters on Masters Roundtable discussion, John Beasley Plays Monk, 12 year old piano sensation Emily Bear and a very special Rising Stars Trio Jam Session. Don’t miss the evening’s main event, the Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, as they bring down the house. Tickets starting at $15 Day-only tickets available; access from noon-3:00pm July 31 Alisa Weilerstein, 2014 Artist-in-Residence Thursday, 6:00pm Alisa Weilerstein, cello Spanish Courtyard Britten Tema Sacher O. Golijov Omaramor J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009 Z. Kodaly Sonata for Solo Cello Tickets starting at $15August 1Alisa Weilerstein with the Ariel Quartet Saturday, 8:00pm Ariel Quartet: Spanish Courtyard Gershon Gerchikov, violin Alexandra Kazovsky, violin Jan Grüning, viola Amit Even-Tov, cello Alisa Weilerstein, cello L. Boccherini String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 A. Arensky String Quartet No. 2, Op. 35 Schubert String Quintet in C, D. 956 Tickets starting at $15August 2 To be Announced______________________________________________________________________________________________August 3Festival Finale: Alisa Weilserstein Sunday, 4:30pm Alisa Weilerstein, cello Venetian TheaterOrchestra of St. Luke’s Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor Wagner Prelude to Act III, Lohengrin Elgar Cello Concerto in e, Op. 85 Dvorák Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88 Tickets starting at $15August 6 Dancing at Dusk Wednesday, 5:00pm A Highland Fling! with Paul Woodiel and the Stormy Heather Band Friends Field StormyHeather Friends Field will be transformed into the highlands of Scotland where multi-instrumentalist Paul Woodiel will be joined by cellist and dance teacher Mairi Dorman Phaneuf and piper Chris Layer presenting an upbeat mix of traditional Airs, Reels, Jigs and Strathspeys! Tickets starting at $5___________________________________________________________________________________________________Tickets To order tickets, call the Box Office at 914.232.1252 or visit www.caramoor.org. Groups of 16 or more may purchase discounted tickets by contacting Sal Vaccaro at 914.232.5035 ext. 256 or sal@caramoor.org. For Press Tickets, artist bios and/or images, please contact: Maria Im (917) 807-6659 press@lcohnpr.com
Performances are made possible, in part, by ArtsWestchester with funds from Westchester County Government.
Performances are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge RD, Katonah, NY
ALL PROGRAMS AND ARTISTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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