Fall / Winter 2016

Fall / Winter 2016

Music in the Rosen House

Fall/ Winter on sale now Spring events announced online on September 6 Members’ Spring Pre-sale* begins September 12 General Public sale on September 19 *Become a Member and gain access to pre-sale tickets and much more! Visit caramoor.org/membership

Alisa Weilerstein / Photo by Harald Hoffman

What gives heart to a home?

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e invite you into this cherished space for more music moments throughout the fall, winter, and spring. We hope you’ll appreciate our recent improvements to the House.

Relishing the heartfelt artistic perspective at Caramoor is an act of giving and receiving.

Come to a concert, make a donation, and in turn support future music opportunities for up-andcoming musicians and school children.

Take your part in a future full of music and make a gift today: Visit: caramoor.org/support Call: 914.232.5035 ext. 261 or Mail to: Caramoor, PO Box 816, Katonah, NY 10536 Caramoor is a 501 (c)(3) not for profit organization.

Thank you for your support!

Photos on pages 2–4, 6, 8–15

by Gabe Palacio Brochure design by Adam Neumann aanstudio.com

Events & programs

September 7 Wednesday Morning Concert Flamenco in the Courtyard Wednesday, 11:00am / Spanish Courtyard Concert, Tour & Lunch: $52.50 Concert Only: $22.50 Experience the characteristic dance and song of Spain, bursting with passion, color, and rhythm!

This series includes a concert in the Spanish Courtyard followed by an optional tour of the Mediterranean-style Rosen House and buffet lunch inspired by Spanish cuisine, and a selfguided garden stroll.

Inspired by the Spanish Courtyard of the Rosen House, we bring you songs to honor and celebrate the 100th birthday of renowned composer Enrique Granados, performed with invigorating vocals and guitar. This concert is followed by a tour of the Mediterranean-style Rosen House and its collection of fine and decorative art amassed by our founders, Walter and Lucie Rosen, as well as an optional buffet lunch.

September 21 Wednesday Morning Concert Autumn Extravaganza Edward Arron, cello Jeewon Park, piano

Wednesday, 11:00am / Music Room Concert, Tour & Lunch: $52.50 Concert Only: $22.50

Photo by Jun Shihoten

September 14 Wednesday Morning Concert Canciones Españolas: Celebrating Enrique Granados

Amaya Arberas, soprano David Galvez, guitar

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Husband and wife (and longtime Caramoor family) Edward Arron and Jeewon Park herald autumn’s ascent with artful sounds. Embraced by crisp, fresh air and the bright colors of Caramoor’s changing foliage, it is a perfect moment to take a breath and enjoy piano and cello music in the Rosen House. This 45-minute concert is accompanied by an optional buffet lunch after a tour of the Mediterranean-style Rosen House and its collection of fine and decorative art.

Afternoon Teas Thursday, September 8 Friday, September 16 Thursday, September 22 1:30pm / Rosen House Tea, Tour, and Garden Stroll / $32.50

October 15 The Complete Bach Cello Suites Alisa Weilerstein, cello Bach, Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010 Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 Saturday, 3:00pm / Music Room Tickets start at $20 In the year 1888, a twelve-year-old boy in the provinces of Catalonia discovered something sitting alone on a dusty shelf of an old music store: a tattered score of the Six Suites for Violoncello Solo by Johann Sebastian Bach.

He couldn’t believe what he had found, and immediately recognized it as an invaluable treasure. He bought the score and took it home with him to practice. It would be thirteen more years before he dared play the Suites in public. This remarkable boy is one of my personal heroes; the legendary artist, musician, cellist, and above all, humanitarian, Pablo Casals.

We cellists owe an incalculable amount to Pablo Casals. He is largely credited with modernizing cello technique, and was one of the few real pioneers who helped bring the cello into the twentieth century as a solo instrument. But I personally think that one of his largest contributions to cellists, and to music lovers everywhere, was his discovery and timeless interpretations of the Bach Suites. Growing up, I listened to his recordings of the Suites several times daily, and I lovingly return to them often. Casals also impressed upon me the sacred nature of this incredible music, and I have always approached the Suites with a special reverence.

Therefore, the idea of performing the complete Bach Suites in one concert is something that has always thrilled and terrified me at the same time. I can only say how very honored and humbled I am to be a vessel in which to bring this music to you here at Caramoor; music which perfectly marries the most profound emotions with impeccable intellect. One could say I also grew up at Caramoor; I played my first concerts here as a “Rising Star” in the Music Room when I was seventeen years old. Since then, I have performed chamber music, concertos with orchestra, as well as solo recitals at Caramoor nearly every year. Most importantly, I married my husband in the magical Sunken Garden in August 2013. To me, the Bach Suites for Solo Cello have always represented a “circle of life.” It is especially significant to me to play these suites for you in a place that I am proud to call not only my musical home, but also one of my favorite places on earth.

— Alisa Weilerstein

Alisa Weilerstein / Photo by Harald Hoffman

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David Amram / Photo by Robert Yahn

Silver City Bound

October 22 Roots Music in the Music Room David Amram and Silver City Bound Saturday, 8:00pm / Music Room Tickets start at $15 David Amram — multi-instrumental legend of folk, jazz, and world music who befriended and collaborated with iconic Beat poet Jack Kerouac — joins forces with upstart folk band (and winner of Best Americana Music Album from the Independent Music Awards) Silver City Bound for Roots Music in the Music Room. Amram, the “Renaissance Man of American Music,” makes his Caramoor debut. Silver City Bound, with their catchy, high-energy, Americana blend of folk, classic country, zydeco/cajun, and jazz, returns following a crowd-pleasing performance at Caramoor’s 2016 American Roots Music Festival.

October 28 Spooky Tales: Stories to Tickle Your Spine with LuAnn Adams Friday, 3:30pm / Music Room Children $9, Adults $12.50 Come with your little ones to a riveting performance with storyteller LuAnn Adams to begin your Halloween celebration. This multi-cultural performance includes spooky but not-too-scary folktales from around the world featuring ghosts, witches, goblins, and pumpkins. This show offers plenty of audience participation with LuAnn bringing the folktales to life through the use of puppets and sound.

The performance is followed by a special brew (hot cider) and other ghostly treats (cookies) served in the Summer Dining Room. Come in costume! Prizes given to all! Ages 3-8.

Concerts and events good for children Free tickets for students 18 and under

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October 29 Saturday, 8:00pm / Music Room Tickets start at $15 Mozart, String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K. 593 Hindemith, String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 Brahms, String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18

October 30 Sunday, 3:00pm / Music Room Tickets start at $15 Haydn, String Quartet No. 59 in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, Hob.III:74, “The Rider” Dvořák, String Quintet No. 3, Op. 97 Korngold, String Sextet in D major, Op. 10

Evnin Rising Stars: Artist Mentorship with Classical Legends Distinguished Artists: Pamela Frank, violin Nobuko Imai, viola Ralph Kirshbaum, cello The Evnin Rising Stars program is an incubator for leaders in classical music performance.

Distinguished artist/mentors pass on the great masterworks of the chamber music repertoire to a new generation of outstanding talent. The culmination of this week of intense collaboration and musical discovery is an opportunity for the public to witness musicians on their way to becoming legends themselves. Esteemed alumni of this program include Edward Arron, Jonathan Biss, Frank Huang, and Alisa Weilerstein.

November 5 Cyrille Aimée Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center Saturday, 8:00pm / Music Room Tickets start at $15 Inspired by improvisational gypsy music and way of life, jazz vocalist Cyrille Aimée fearlessly embraces the unknown to create unique moments with every performance. Aimée ties her joie de vivre with “a voice like fine whiskey — oaky and smooth, with a hint of smokiness” (Washington Post). Let her exuberant spontaneity lead you to a one-of-a-kind performance at her Caramoor debut this fall.

Cyrille Aimée / Photo by Ariane Rousselier

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Argus Quartet

November 13 Argus Quartet

2016–17 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence Sunday, 3:00pm / Music Room / Tickets start at $15 Chris Theofanidis, Visions & Miracles Chris Theofanidis, O Vis Aeternitatis for Piano Quintet performed with David Fung, piano Garth Knox, Satellites Wu Man, Four Chinese Paintings Béla Bartók, String Quartet No. 4 The Argus Quartet pairs programs new and old, dark and light, with the intent to entice chamber music lovers. There’s classic Bartók (dark and complex) and Wu Man (light and simpler in harmonies and textures), as well as the two Theofanidis pieces: Visions & Miracles, which is almost blindingly light and ecstatic, while the piano quintet is darkly brooding. The cutting-edge Argus Quartet collaborated on the Wu Man and Knox pieces through a commissioning project by the Kronos Quartet devoted to the most contemporary approaches to the string quartet.

November 20 Edward Arron & Friends Sunday, 3:00pm / Music Room Tickets start at $10 Andrew Armstrong, piano Jennifer Frautschi, violin Edward Arron, cello Stravinsky, Suite Italienne for Violin and Piano Glière, Eight Pieces for Violin and Cello, Op. 39 Schnittke, Musica Nostalgica for Cello and Piano (1992) Tchaikovsky, Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 This evening brings together a vivacious, witty and fun program along with a group of musicians to match. After meeting twenty years ago at Caramoor, the exquisite cellist Edward Arron reunites with violin virtuoso Jennifer Frautschi and the technically brilliant pianist Andrew Armstrong. Tchaikovsky ensures thrilling piano play while Stravinsky promises movements that are tuneful and amusing.

Edward Arron

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Your Holidays in the Heart of Caramoor Take part in Caramoor’s great holiday tradition of sing-alongs with charismatic musicians, festive decorations throughout the Rosen House, and joyful fun for the entire family.

Events throughout December are known to fill up, so be sure to book early!

Holiday Tea Musicales at the Rosen House offer a vibrant afternoon of festive song and delicious tea — set within Caramoor’s majestic Music Room. Enjoy an assortment of finger sandwiches, scrumptious holiday treats and a variety of teas (hot chocolate with marshmallows for the little ones!). A tour of this stunning Mediterranean villa precedes settling down for your performance and tea.

VIP Tea Make the afternoon even more splendid by purchasing the VIP option. In addition to all the above you will have preferred seating, prosecco, and artisanal chocolates by La Tulipe of Mount Kisco, NY. This is a truly luxurious experience!

Holiday Tea Musicales Thursday, December 1 Wednesday, December 7 Thursday, December 8 Friday, December 9 Saturday, December 10 Sunday, December 11 Wednesday, December 14 Thursday, December 15 Friday, December 16

1:00pm / Music Room / Children $43, Adults $58, VIP $72

December 10 Santa Visits the Rosen House Saturday, 10:00am / Music Room Children $9, Adults $18 Jolly Saint Nick returns to Caramoor filling the Rosen House with holiday cheer. The little ones will be in for an adventure with I Spy a Santa or Two in the Music Room, followed by a thirtyminute concert of sing-alongs when Santa Claus will appear to delight the whole family. Santa’s favorite snack–milk and cookies–will be served in the cloisters.

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Caramoor Fall Benefit Salon Series

Salon Series

Join us this fall to celebrate and support Caramoor’s vital artistic programs by enjoying a series of intimate benefit concerts as part of our inaugural Salon Series. Get up close with extraordinary artists from the jazz, chamber music, and American Roots traditions. Keep the music you love alive while experiencing it in enchanting spaces.

September 11, 2016 Jazz Salon

Antoine Drye, trumpet Mark Whitfield, guitar Eric Wheeler, bass Orrin Evans, piano Private Home, New Canaan, CT Benefit Tickets: $500

December 3, 2016 American Roots Salon

I’m with Her Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan The Music Room in Caramoor’s Rosen House

Date to be announced Chamber Salon

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Caring for Caramoor’s Crown Jewel

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he Rosen House, with its exceptional design, carefully

curated works of art, and other treasures receives nearly 15,000 visitors annually, as well as over 6,000 young students participating in our arts-in-education programs. To care for the House, we are thoughtfully facilitating a Rosen House preservation plan, which will improve audience experiences, excite visitors, and encourage the future of Caramoor itself. We invite you to be a part of our Caramoor family, and treat our crown jewel as your own.

Take a Rosen House Tour Tours are Mondays through Fridays by appointment.

Contact rosenhouse@caramoor.org or call 914.232.5035 ext. 221.

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Jason Vieaux

Angela Meade

2017 Artists-in-Residence: A Voice Built for Drama and a Flawlessly Articulate Guitarist “Angela Meade has exceptional dynamic control, able to move from floating pianissimos to sudden dramatic swells.” —New Yorker “Jason Vieaux is perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation.” —NPR Every year, Caramoor proudly selects an innovative artist to feature as Artist-in-Residence in a number of performances highlighting the artist’s interests and influences, and perhaps a special project. For summer 2017, we are excited to announce that we will be featuring not one, but two artists — operatic powerhouse Angela Meade and Grammy®-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux. Both artists carry meaningful history with Caramoor, with Meade coming into her own through her phenomenal performance in the title role in Norma in 2010, and with Vieaux continuing the Guitar in the Garden tradition, bringing acoustic sound to the lush setting of Caramoor’s Sunken Garden.

Sign up for our e-newsletter at caramoor.org to be first to hear about their summer 2017 performance dates.

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Create Your Legacy at Caramoor We have established the Encore Society to recognize those who include Caramoor in their estate planning, which is a wonderful way to establish your legacy and make a lasting impact on this vital arts center. A bequest from your will or living trust will enrich the lives of our visitors, concert-goers, arts-in-education program participants, and performing artists for generations to come. This act of forethought may well be one of the most lasting one-time gifts you ever make.

If you would like more information about the Encore Society or to notify us of your intention to include the Encore Society in your estate planning, please contact Nina Curley, VP and Chief Development Officer, at 914.232.3681 or nina@caramoor.org.

Thank You to Our Annual Fund Supporters!

Each year Caramoor touches the lives of tens of thousands of audience members, students, and visitors. This generosity allows us to be a conduit for the arts and culture in our community and beyond.

To learn more about supporting Caramoor at this important time of our fiscal year, please visit page 2.

Give the gift of a Caramoor Membership: The perfect gift for every season!

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Fall / Winter 2016 At-a-Glance September

October

December

September 7 Wednesday Morning Concert: Flamenco in the Courtyard Wednesday, 11:00am / Spanish Courtyard

October 15 The Complete Bach Cello Suites Alisa Weilerstein, cello Saturday, 3:00pm / Music Room

December 1 Holiday Tea Musicale Thursday, 1:00pm / Music Room

September 8 Afternoon Tea Thursday, 1:30pm / Rosen House September 14 Wednesday Morning Concert: Canciones Españolas Celebrating Enrique Granados Amaya Arberas, soprano David Galvez, guitar Wednesday, 11:00am / Spanish Courtyard September 16 Afternoon Tea Friday, 1:30pm / Rosen House September 21 Wednesday Morning Concert: Autumn Extravaganza Edward Arron, cello Jeewon Park, piano Wednesday, 11:00am / Music Room September 22 Afternoon Tea Thursday, 1:30pm / Rosen House

October 22 Roots Music in the Music Room David Amram and Silver City Bound Saturday, 8:00pm / Music Room October 28 Spooky Tales Stories to Tickle Your Spine Friday, 3:30pm / Music Room October 29 Evnin Rising Stars: Artists Mentorship with Classical Legends Saturday, 8:00pm / Music Room October 30 Evnin Rising Stars: Artists Mentorship with Classical Legends Sunday, 3:00pm / Music Room

November November 5 Cyrille Aimée Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center Saturday, 8:00pm / Music Room November 13 Argus Quartet 2016–17 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence Sunday, 3:00pm / Music Room November 20 Edward Arron & Friends Sunday, 3:00pm / Music Room

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December 7 Holiday Tea Musicale Wednesday, 1:00pm / Music Room December 8 Holiday Tea Musicale Thursday, 1:00pm / Music Room December 9 Holiday Tea Musicale Friday, 1:00pm / Music Room December 10 Santa Visits the Rosen House Saturday, 10:00am / Music Room December 10 Holiday Tea Musicale Saturday, 1:00pm / Music Room December 11 Holiday Tea Musicale Sunday, 1:00pm / Music Room December 14 Holiday Tea Musicale Wednesday, 1:00pm / Music Room December 15 Holiday Tea Musicale Thursday, 1:00pm / Music Room December 16 Holiday Tea Musicale Friday, 1:00pm / Music Room

2017 Preview Save the Dates!

March March 12 Schwab Vocal Rising Stars Sunday, 3:00pm / Music Room March 26 Edward Arron & Friends Sunday, 3:00pm / Music Room

April April 2 Argus Quartet 2016–17 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence Sunday, 3:00pm / Music Room April 23 Pamela Frank and Christian Tetzlaff Sunday, 3:00pm / Music Room April 25 Lecture & Concert by Richard Kogan, MD Tuesday, 7:00pm / Music Room

May May 6 Cabaret in the Music Room with Melissa Errico Benefit Event May 10 Wednesday Morning Concert: Spring Revival Wednesday, 11:00am / Rosen House May 13 Mothers and Others Tea Musicale Saturday, 1:00pm / Rosen House May 17 Wednesday Morning Concert: Mediterranean Celebration Wednesday, 11:00am / Rosen House May 18 Afternoon Tea Thursday, 1:30pm / Rosen House

Members’ Spring Pre-sale begins September 12 General Public sale on September 19 Call the Box Office at 914.232.1252 or order online at caramoor.org Black Friday Sale: Look out for the 2017 Full Summer Season Pass.

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May 24 Wednesday Morning Concert Wednesday, 11:00am / Rosen House May 26 Afternoon Tea Thursday, 1:30pm / Rosen House May 31 Wednesday Morning Concert Wednesday, 11:00am / Spanish Courtyard

June June 1 Afternoon Tea Thursday, 1:30pm / Rosen House June 9 Afternoon Tea Friday, 1:30pm / Rosen House June 15 Afternoon Tea Thursday, 1:30pm / Rosen House June 17 Summer Music Season Opening Night Concert & Gala June 24 American Roots Music Festival June 30 Jason Vieaux, guitar Artist-in-Residence With Escher Quartet

July July 1 Pops, Patriots & Fireworks July 8 Bel Canto at Caramoor Presents Il Pirata by Bellini Angela Meade, soprano Artist-in-Residence

July 14 Argus Quartet 2016–17 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence July 15 Jazz Festival Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center July 16 Jason Vieaux, guitar Artist-in-Residence Orchestra of St. Luke’s July 23 Bel Canto at Caramoor Presents Stabat Mater by Rossini Bel Canto Young Artists Will Crutchfield, conductor Orchestra of St. Luke’s July 30 Orchestra of St. Luke’s Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

August August 6 Season Finale Family Fun Concerts and events good for children Free tickets for students 18 and under All artists, programs, membership events, and prices are subject to change without notice. A $5.00 processing fee applies for online and phone orders, and a $1.00 facility fee applies for all tickets sold. Fees are per ticket.

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