CARAMOOR INDOORS CONCERTS

SPRING CONCERTS

Steven Blier

MARCH 15 THE NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG
CARA(MOOR) ITALIA: BASTIANELLO/LUCREZIA
Great Artists in the Music Room
Saturday, 8:00pm
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Lisa Vroman, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano;
Paul Appleby, tenor; Patrick Mason, baritone; Matt Boehler, bass;
Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, pianos

Two newly composed comic operas by American masters John Musto (Bastianello) and William Bolcom (Lucrezia), with libretti by Mark Campbell (commissioned in 2008 by the New York Festival of Song).  Based on an Italian folk tale set in 18th century rural Italy, Bastianello is a family fable of love and folly. Lucrezia, a variation on Machiavelli’s La Mandragola, is a wickedly funny seduction satire, retold from the viewpoint of the story’s wise and captivating heroine.

This performance will be recorded for broadcast on WNYC radio.

Escher String Quartet

APRIL 6 ESCHER STRING QUARTET
2007-2008 Ernst Stiefel Quartet-in-Residence
Sunday, 4:00pm
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Adam Barnett-Hart, violin; Wu Jie, violin;
Pierre Lapointe, viola; Andrew Janss, cello

A new force in the world of chamber music, the Escher String Quartet continues its exploration of the Quartets by late romantic Alexander von Zemlinsky. Setting the scene with two early, Romantic works by Webern, the Eschers delve into Zemlinsky's final quartet. The jazz influences of the time and the syncopations of Zemlinsky's work are set in relief by Gruenberg's Four Diversions: an unknown and unexpected delight. The Eschers finish with Ravel's first masterpiece and a central work in the string quartet repertoire. A program not to be missed.

Webern		Langsamer Satz for String Quartet (1905)
Webern		Five Movements for String Quartet, Opus 5 (1909)
Zemlinsky		String Quartet No. 4, Opus 25 (1936)
Gruenberg		Four Diversions for String Quartet, Opus 20 (1930)
Ravel		String Quartet (1903)

  

Anne Akiko Meyers

Norman Krieger

APRIL 13 CARA(MOOR) ITALIA: ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, violin 
                                                         & NORMAN KRIEGER, piano
Great Artists in the Music Room
Sunday, 4:00pm
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Stravinsky		Suite italienne for Violin and Piano
Scarlatti		Sonata in B minor, Longo 33
Scarlatti		Sonata in D minor, Longo 366
Respighi		Poema Autunnale
Schumann		Carnaval, Opus 9

Two internationally renowned artists interpret duo and solo works with strong connections to Italy in performances that evoke the passion and intimacy of the old country.

Ayano Ninomiya

APRIL 26 CARA(MOOR) ITALIA: CARAMOOR VIRTUOSI
Great Artists in the Music Room
Saturday, 8:00pm
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Ayano Ninomiya, violin; Lily Francis, violin; Mark Holloway, viola;
Edward Arron, cello and other guests

Boccherini        Quintet in F minor for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Cellos, Opus 11, No. 4
Sollima              Selections from Viaggio in Italia for Two Violins, Viola and Two Cellos (2000)
Tchaikovsky     Sextet for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos, Opus 70, “Souvenir de Florence”