|
 |
|
FALL 2007
GREAT ARTISTS IN THE MUSIC ROOM
This Fall, Caramoor will explore Beethoven’s shadow, the great music written after Beethoven, and influenced by his ground-breaking work. These works will be presented within the context of Beethoven’s own work. The series will be comprised of three concerts in the Caramoor Great Artists Series, as well as a Caramoor Classics concert featuring Escher String Quartet, Caramoor's 2007-2008 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence, and three lecture demonstrations by eminent musicians and musicologists. In addition, we will present our annual Rising Stars concert and a festive holiday concert with the Aulos Ensemble and soprano Julianne Baird, as part of the Great Artists series.
CONCERTS:
OCTOBER 6 BRENTANO STRING QUARTET
Great Artists in the Music Room: Beethoven's Shadow
Saturday, 8:00pm
Mendelssohn Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Bartók Quartet No. 6
Beethoven Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127
OCTOBER 20 VLADIMIR FELTSMAN - PAUL NEUBAUER - WILLIAM SHARP
 |
|
Vladimir Feltsman |
Great Artists in the Music Room: Beethoven's Shadow
Saturday, 8:00pm
Vladimir Feltsman, piano; Paul Neubauer, viola: William Sharp, baritone
Beethoven Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight)
Schumann Liederkreis, Op. 39 (poems by Eichendorff)
Shostakovich Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147
OCTOBER 27 RISING STARS I
 |
|
Donald Weilerstein |
Caramoor Classics
Saturday, 7:30pm
The House Museum Music Room
Donald Weilerstein, Co-director for Rising Stars, violin; Atar Arad, Distinguished Artist, viola; Marcy Rosen, Distinguished Artist, cello; Sun-Mi Chang, Lily Francis, Stefan Jackiw, violins; Mark Holloway, viola; Dmitry Kouzov, cello; Jeewon Park, piano
Mozart Piano Trio in E Major, K. 542
Britten String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94
Brahms Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18
OCTOBER 28 RISING STARS II
 |
|
Atar Arad |
Caramoor Classics
Sunday, 4:00pm
The House Museum Music Room
Donald Weilerstein, Co-director for Rising Stars, violin; Atar Arad, Distinguished Artist, viola; Marcy Rosen, Distinguished Artist, cello; Sun-Mi Chang, Lily Francis, Stefan Jackiw, violins; Mark Holloway, viola; Dmitry Kouzov, cello; Jeewon Park, piano
Haydn Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV25 (Gypsy Rondo)
Bloch Quintet No. 1 for Piano and Strings
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
NOVEMBER 3 LILY FRANCIS - EDWARD ARRON - ANTON KUERTI
 |
|
Lily Francis |
Great Artists in the Music Room: Beethoven's Shadow
Saturday, 8:00pm
Lily Francis, violin; Edward Arron, cello; Anton Kuerti, piano
Beethoven Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Schumann Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
Brahms Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87
NOVEMBER 17 ESCHER STRING QUARTET
Caramoor's 2007-2008 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence
Caramoor Classics: Beethoven's Shadow
Saturday, 7:30pm - House Museum Music Room
Mozart Quartet in D minor, K. 421
Zemlinsky Quartet No. 2, Op.15
Beethoven Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130
DECEMBER 15 AULOS ENSEMBLE with JULIANNE BAIRD, soprano
Holiday Concert - In Dulci Jubilo
Saturday, 8:00pm
Baroque music for Christmas
The Aulos Ensemble’s annual concert in front of the Neapolitan Christmas Tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has become a beloved NY Christmas tradition. Their beautiful blend of sounds from their “original instruments” joins with the sultry voice of Julianne Baird in a concert that evokes the many joys of the Christmas season.
"If it has to be just one Christmas concert, this is it!" - The New York Times
The Music Room theatrical lighting was a generous gift from Adela and Lawrence Elow.
The Music Room piano, a Steinway Concert Grand, was the generous gift of Susan and John Freund.
The Fall 2007 Indoors season is made possible, in part, through funding from Floy and Amos Kaminski.
"Beethoven's Shadow" is made possible, in part, through funding from the Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Memorial Fund of the Westchester Community Foundation.
CONCERT / LECTURE SERIES:
OCTOBER 14
 |
|
Michael Barrett |
BEETHOVEN'S SHADOW - LECTURE I
Exploring the Connection Between Beethoven and Schumann
House Museum Music Room
Sunday, 4:00pm
Michael Barrett, lecturer; William Sharp, baritone
Beethoven and the German Song Cycle
Beethoven's song cycle "An Die Ferne Geliebte" (To the Distant Beloved) is regarded as the first great German song cycle, paving the way for Schubert, Schumann, Hugo Wolf and others. Michael Barrett plumbs the depths of Beethoven's cycle with a close look at its impact on Robert Schumann. Schumann quoted the Beethoven work in his Piano Fantasy, and Second Symphony, but not in his own song cycles. What was Schumann’s debt to Beethoven in this new genre? Baritone William Sharp, with Mr. Barrett at the piano, will perform both “An Die Ferne Geliebte” and Schumann’s “Liederkreis”, Op. 39.
NOVEMBER 11 PAUL HERSH
 |
|
Paul Hersh |
BEETHOVEN'S SHADOW - LECTURE II
Beethoven's Final Piano Sonata, Opus 111
Sunday, 4:00pm
House Museum Music Room
Paul Hersh, lecturer and pianist
Beethoven’s Final Sonata
San Francisco Conservatory of Music professor Paul Hersh explores the literary legacy and musical structure of Beethoven’s final piano sonata, Op. 111. Thomas Mann’s observations of this great work in Doctor Faustus provide a pathway toward the inner meaning of this sonata. Considered unfathomable for much of the 19th century, Op. 111 set a level of depth and transcendence which composers have been aspiring to ever since. The lecture will conclude with a performance of the sonata by Mr. Hersh.
NOVEMBER 18 PAUL EPSTEIN
 |
| Paul Epstein |
BEETHOVEN'S SHADOW - CONCERT/LECTURE III
Exploring Beethoven's Symphonic Shadows
Sunday, 4:00pm
House Museum Music Room
Paul Epstein, lecturer
"A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything." --Gustav Mahler
It was Beethoven who first took the symphony to the "global" level, with the historical and revolutionary panorama of the Third (“Eroica”); the absolute musical unity of the Fifth; and the Ninth’s embodiment of nothing less than the whole of humanity and the world. This lecture will explore these tremendous works and trace their overwhelming influence on such diverse composers as Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Debussy and Ives.
The Music Room theatrical lighting was a generous gift from Adela and Lawrence Elow.
The Music Room piano, a Steinway Concert Grand, was the generous gift of Susan and John Freund.
The Fall 2007 Indoors season is made possible, in part, through funding from Floy and Amos Kaminski.
"Beethoven's Shadow" is made possible, in part, through funding from the Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Memorial Fund of the Westchester Community Foundation.
|
