Wed, Feb 24, 2027, 3:00PM

Mendelssohn's Grand Tour: Travel, Discovery, and the Sound of Europe

A part of the Juilliard Extension program
Rosen House Music Room
Tickets: $85

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Overview

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Grand Tour became a defining educational experience for Europe's young artists, writers, and aristocrats. Travel offered an opportunity to encounter great works of art, ancient ruins, dramatic landscapes, and vibrant musical traditions. The journey shaped taste, inspired creativity, and influenced a generation of cultural leaders. Felix Mendelssohn embraced this tradition with enthusiasm. His travels through Scotland, Italy, and across Europe inspired some of his finest orchestral works, including the Hebrides Overture, the Scottish Symphony, and the Italian Symphony. This lecture explores the places, people, and experiences that found their way into these beloved compositions through musical excerpts, letters, paintings, and historical context.

Featured Concert Repertoire to be Explored:

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, “Italian”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37

This class, taught by a Juilliard Extension instructor, is a great primer for a concert featuring the Orchestra of St Luke's, Caramoor's resident Orchestra. See their upcoming concert schedule here, with summer 2027 concerts at Caramoor to be announced.

About the Series

Caramoor is teaming up with Juilliard to offer a series of six Extension courses, open to all, offering audiences the opportunity to dive deeper into the themes presented on stage throughout the Rosen House Concert Series. Participants will learn from some of the most acclaimed professors and lecturers and engage in thoughtful discussion with fellow music lovers. Classes can be taken individually or as an entire series.

Also in the Series: Oct 22 / From Beethoven to Bartók: The Expanding World of Chamber Music; Nov 19 / Sacred Songs, Folk Routes: The Making of the Christmas Carol; Mar 24 / The String Quartet Across Three Centuries; Apr 7 / Music, Faith, & Power in the Baroque World; Apr 14 / Night, Memory, & Imagination: Romantic Piano Tradition

Know Before You Go

Music Room

At the heart of the historic Rosen House, the Music Room is a soaring yet intimate space used for chamber music, recitals, American roots music and jazz performances, as well as lectures and Caramoor's popular Afternoon Teas. You’ll find yourself surrounded with Renaissance furniture, stained glass windows and architectural elements the Rosens collected and installed in this unique space. Only covered beverages are permitted inside during performances.

Click to view all upcoming Music Room concerts.

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Mendelssohn's Grand Tour: Travel, Discovery, and the Sound of Europe

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